Thread: Hello all😃

Originally Posted by nighthawk

I like what's being said about 2 spine widths that's a good sounding rule. I've noticed about me when I'm shaving if I feel like it's skipping I put it closer to my face. Also when my face is too dry it skips. This type of shaving causes a person to really focus on what they're doing. Okay a silly question I suppose but I would like to ask it. I've heard it takes 100 shaves to get proficient and I've heard it takes a year too. Is there a time limit or does each person "become" at their own pace? I believe this may have been answered before but was wanting to be sure I understood it. Thank you all��

I'm a beginner also, so I may not be so qualified to answer, but I really believe the time required to at least feel proficient will change from person to person. Someone with fairly good dexterity, eye hand coordination, good attention to detail, and analytical about every shave, will likely feel proficient fairly quickly. Someone lacking in some of those traits may take a bit longer. After 100 shaves or 1 year of using a straight razor you will at least know which camp you're in.

Originally Posted by Slurryer

I'm a beginner also, so I may not be so qualified to answer, but I really believe the time required to at least feel proficient will change from person to person. Someone with fairly good dexterity, eye hand coordination, good attention to detail, and analytical about every shave, will likely feel proficient fairly quickly. Someone lacking in some of those traits may take a bit longer. After 100 shaves or 1 year of using a straight razor you will at least know which camp you're in.

And, remember your skin and beard strength changes with the seasons and humidity!
~Richard

Since there are no standardized tests, or lists of what to be accomplished at any given point, your progress will be the result of how much attention you are paying to your progress and your level of satisfaction with each step. There are those that "get it" in one and then, there are the rest of us, working continually to fully understand what will give us, each, a good shave. I've been using a straight for 16 months and finally figured out the correct way, for me, to shave my neck. Taking into consideration your personal level of stubbornness (we all have one) will help you decide the rate of progress for yourself.

If it hasn't been mentioned, map the way your facial hair grows. It will help you determine how you shave your face.

Face map interactive.
http://www.pbjsite.com/shave/whiskarmap/
Click on an arrow and put it on the part of your face that grows that direction. I did it as it would look to me in a mirror.
Have fun
~Richard

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Monkeypuzzle beat me to it. Start flat and slowly increase. The angle will also change slightly depending on which area you are shaving and which direction you are shaving in.

Lol Ed to be fair I'm probably just pretty much saying something I'll have read you say some place else

I tried this link it won't open up. Is there another way to map my face?

Sorry, here is another link that should work:
http://www.pbjsite.com/shave/whiskarmap/
'nother site that had it.
Sorry
~Richard
PS, Tapatalk and some phones do not like some operations.

All the beard map does I'd give you a face and neck broken down into sections, and you draw directional arrows onto each area showing the grain direction, you could just draw up a face and neck yourself.