I'm Charlie from St. Louis via Austin. I must say I'm happy to be here!

After reading through this forum the past few days, I'm quite encouraged with the amount of generous honest help. Totally awesome...trolls and negativism suck!

I'm definitely new to straight razor shaving. I've been shaving with a DE razoe for about 6 months and while I was achieving better shaves...I was still in pursuit of a better shave.

So I came across Lynn's email and we communicated back and forth for about a week. What an amazing gentlemen! So very helpful.

So I got a TI from the art of shaving and immediately sent it to Lynn for honing prior to my first use.

First shave was okay, but I felt like I had a lot to learn. But was fine with that as I like learning and was having fun. The next 3 shaves got progressively worse. Tons of pulling and drag. After reading through the forum I surmised that my skin was too dry as it didn't matter how long I took a shower or let my lather sit on my face.

So last night I used some of my wife's kiehls cream and shaved in the morning as normal. Wow did that make a difference! It wasn't a BBS, but much better and needless to say I'll be getting some this cream! My skin was so dry that it didn't matter how sharp the blade was! HA!

Anyone else notice a better shave after moisturizing the night before a shave?