Thread: Starting all over again.

I'm posting this in the beginners section because I suddenly feel like a beginner again.

Got into wetshaving about 2 years ago and within 6 months was venturing into straights. Skip forward a few more months and I was shaving exclusively with the straight and getting very good shaves.

Life then happened and I was running out of time in the mornings so I began to pickup the DE again. Not much longer and the straights (I have 3 in the rotation) began to feel very rough and pull tons.

I've tried picking the straights up again a few times with the same pulling feeling so I would set them aside and go back to the DE's.

This past weekend I decided enough was enough. Pulled out the straights, touched them up till they seemed ready to go and went for it. Wasn't the smoothest shave and honestly I had forgotten the angles I used on certain parts of the shave but I made it through it.

All of this was to say that while I feel like a beginner again, it's good to be back.

Glad to have you back!

Perhaps your razors need a hone touchup? Or that's what you meant you did?

T

Yeah, I touched them up. I honestly believe that my angles are off and that is where most of my tugging it coming from.

Originally Posted by CharlieTN

Yeah, I touched them up. I honestly believe that my angles are off and that is where most of my tugging it coming from.

That's weird because if my angle is off the razors just doesn't shave as much hair off but not really tugging.

Welcome Back!

Originally Posted by olbez

That's weird because if my angle is off the razors just doesn't shave as much hair off but not really tugging.

There is always the possibility that I might need to send them off to have them professionally honed. My only thought otherwise is because 2 of them had been honed by Whipped Dog just 2-3 months prior to my setting them aside and hadn't been used much at all so I didn't think they would be dull already. Might just be that my stropping technique sucks too. I'm using this re-introductions as a chance to go back to the basics and make sure I'm doing it all correctly.

If you decide you need one or two of them honed, shoot me a PM. I'll do them for free.

Originally Posted by HNSB

If you decide you need one or two of them honed, shoot me a PM. I'll do them for free.

Ha, you beat me to it HNSB!

I've been there. It's easy to lose some of the enthusiasm and switch to a quicker alternative. But straight shaving is an old friend, and can always be enjoyed even if you don't do it as much as you like. Whether you get back into it as an every day thing or just enjoy a special shave as often as life allows, the straight will always be there for you.

Michael

Oh, I'm back. Still think my razors need a good touch up but after concentrating on angle and pressure I'm back to a full shave with the straight and so glad to be back. While I can get a good shave with a DE quite a bit quicker it doesn't compare to the closeness and smoothness I canget with a straight when I take my time. Plus I miss the time with the straights. Something more cool about them than a fine DE. :-)