Hello from Southern California!

I've just completed my third straight shave--and it was not bad, in fact, quite nice! I do have a pretty thick beard in places, and sort of had to push the blade through these areas. My razor had been professionally honed, so guess I need to work on my technique! My goal is to get to that point where the whiskers just wipe away ("Squeegeeing" away the whiskers, is how I think this has been described).

I like this new hobby and am looking forward to reading many interesting posts!