Thread: Hello from Helsinki, Finland

I had my fourth straight razor shave yesterday which was best so far result wise. I didn’t get any nicks because I was very
careful every time skin started to pull, constantly lathering and stretching. If I manage to get shaves like these within 30min
I’d say that my learning would be accomplished (this time was again about 2-3hrs). My grip from razor is now better
(I use two hands sometimes on razor) and know where to stretch to get all the whiskers off.

I’ve been watching constantly Lynn’s World of Straight Razor dvd’s Let’s Shave! –segment and jockey41’s video from youtube
(shaving tutorial) and managed to create a “general strategy” before every shave, that is, to first shave with the grain and
then against and across the grain. I think this has helped me a lot also.

I'm glad that things are progressing in a positive manner!!

I always recommend that when you are first learning to stick with just the 'With The Grain' and only on the sideburns 'cheek' area!! This allows you to slowly learn and then once you have mastered that, then go on to other areas, but only doing the With The Grain'.

Once you have those parts mastered, then start working on 'Across The Grain' and when you have mastered that then work on learning Against the Grain'!!

Take it slow, enjoy the ride! It's a long strange trip, but well worth it at the end!

Hi cudarunner! Thanks for support. Yes I think its recommended to start with smaller steps and progress gradually instead of proceeding to whole shave straight away. I have a kind of either or -attitude, either I go all in or don't do anything . I think this decreases the learning curve in timewise, at least yesterday I managed to remove again everything with great results and in about 1hr.

I actually notice that the straight razor shave is better, because I could skip a day off from shaving because there isn't that much to shave (compared to disposables Gillettes). Nevertheless I usually want to feel the smooth skin by my hand and shave anyway .