New member and new to Straight Razors
Hello. I have been watching this forum for a couple of months and decided to get my first straight. Being the headstrong and hands on person I am, I went ahead and ignored all the advice posted here and bought a 70 year old Boker King Cutter from EBAY, honed and stropped it myself and shaved my entire face with a drug store shave jel (still waiting for my brush and soap to arrive). I am pretty sure I got the sharpening right because the hair just flies off my face, but I am a little off on my technique, especially around my chin. I am not getting any tugging or scraping on my face and I get a close shave, but I do get alot of nicks from the tip of the razor and I am not exactly sure the of the angle I need. One thing I noticed is straight razor cuts stop bleeding faster than disposals (and I have blead a fair bit).