Thread: Hello SRP, and Oh, PLEASE wish me luck!

Originally Posted by Moueix

Thank you for the welcome and words of advice, Willis! Yep, have had the strops for a bit now. The first I received, had a hard "pimple" on it. Took a pic, sent it to SRD to see if I should worry about it. Dan said he didn't think it would be a problem, but when I ordered the 2nd, he threw in a replacement leather just in case. So I have a practice strop now that I've been running the flats of smaller kitchen knives on, just to get more practice and "feel". Much thanks to Dan! I'd hate to slice up a $100 strop being a noob.

My first choice was the 1/4 hollow. Seems more "sturdy". Plus, I intended to hone it myself. GLAD I ordered the 2nd from SRD, pre-honed and shave ready. MANG, that full hollow looks DELICATE! and SHARP!! A little intimidating looking! But I look at Lynn's face in the video, and he DEFINITELY has more contours to his face than I do.

I'm just going to go really easy, and work in very small areas to start. If I get a poor shave, I'm sure it will get better quickly. I DON'T want to Sweeney Todd myself!

BEAUTIFUL hone and finish, too, SRD! Cutting edge looks like a MIRROR! Gives me something to strive for.

That sounds great Moueix. Good thing to have two strops & that you are confident with also. That is good. Sounds like everything is going to be okay here. I've been having issues with my computer so I just spoke to Apple & they set up a test user account on it so I can't see my emails unless I go to my phone. I hope I get this thing straightened out & good luck to you my friend.

I have to wear glasses or contacts, since the 2nd grade. Also, I practically have to shave my eyeballs and my uni-brow, so I've had to learn quite abit about maneuvering around specs. I'd recommend for the first shave or few, doing only With-The-Grain(WTG) strokes and maybe Cross the Grain(XTG) strokes in the upper-cheek. When you do ATG strokes, with glasses on, there is a chance you could slip. It's pretty easy to ding the blade, it will happened everytime they even come close to the edge of your glasses. And it always happens when you're half way through a shave. It will give you more room if you push them allllllll the way up the bridge your nose.

I wear glasses too. Used to wear black plastic "Buddy Holley" style lens frames and the frames blotted out my view. Now days I wear thin wire "Teddy Roosevelt" glasses and have no trouble shaving.

THANK you for all the well wishes. Today, I got er done. I did my whole face wtg, cheeks and neck xtg. I missed ONE tiny spot, the Double Black Diamond run directly under my chin. I TRIED, Lord I tried. Those whiskers are ROCKWELL scale hard. And except for that ONE spot, I could not feel an iota of stubble ANYwhere on my face. I am stunned, TRULY stunned.

And the MOST amazing thing of all, is I did not cut, nick, scratch or burn myself, not even a LITTLE. Not a spot, not a drop. TOTAL beginners luck. Oh, my heart was pumping on that last lap... knew I would NEVER forget it if it happened. The first half dozen strokes were tenative, but then I just got this "feel", and it all made sense. Ya know, you don't REALLY have the slightest clue of the amount of pressure until ya just DO it.

The sounds, the smells, the WARMTH... Hooked. Totally and completely enthralled. I'm SURE I'll make my mistakes, but today, it didn't happen. THANK you all, for advice, well wishes. WOOT!!

Ha ha, wish my first shave had gone that well. Great start, welcome to SRP.

Just wait, it's a humbling experience later when you think you have it. I came from 49+ years of wet shaving with a DE, , but I digress. As to glasses , I wear them can't hardly see without them, only have one eye. I actually shave by feel mostly, so yes you can overcome the glasses thing, nice I start I'm just laying the blade on my skin flat and then adjust as I start the pass. It's gets easier. Tc

Hi and welcome. Congrats on the great start. Hope your luck continues.