Cheers everyone.

Not sure I'm really a noobie anymore, but am certainly not yet a pro!

Started straight shaving back in Feb/MArch, shortly afterwards made the mitake of forgetting to put my razor in the " checked baggage" for my flight.... The kind agent volunteered to put my razor in the lost+found section for later pickup, but seems that it went to the lost+forgotten section instead.

Bought a couple new razors, which I have now used for a few months. In fact I am on my way to pick them up from a Honemeister; I suspect that my stropping has been sub-par, but hopefully they are cured.

Bow a question. I first learned about shaving from badger and blade (only recently discovered srp), and learned about the different passes: WTG, XTG, ATG. Now in the videos and descriptions I found we are told that WTG means down the face.

After much facial abuse, it finally dawned on me as I was rubbing my chin one day that in fact on my face WTG is kind of all over the place. Down on the cheeks, up on the neck, across on parts and inwards just under the chin. Does this make sense? Or is it just that my shave technique was so sloppy at first? At the moment my WTG follows this rather involved pattern, and the result seems to be much less skin irritation overall. On the other hand, I haven't found any reference to this anywhere else.

Anyone else have a non-straight WTG? Or am I hallucinating? Or is this a well-known fact that I missed out on?


By the way, another thing that took me a *lot* of experimentation to discover is that the angle changes for WTG, XTG, ATG. Having glanced quickly though SRP's guide to shaving one of the first thing I see is a helpful graphic telling me exactly this! So I am wishing I had found SRP a little earlier!


NZ: Hello to any Kiwis on board. I'm heading to Wellington, New Zealand in a bit for an extended stay (used to live there), and am almost out of shave soap. Any recommendations on good shave stores in Wellington?


Well this is probably too long a post.... Anyways I'm glad I found this site!