Thread: My First Shave!

Hi guys, just joined up here on SRP and thought I would introduce myself. I am 24 years old and have been shaving with a cartridge since I was 13. My general shave routine is: Hot shower, neutrogena face scrub, soak my brush (bottom tier art of shave) in hot water, make a lather in my hand with AoS sandlewood and apply on my face, shave with a gillette fusion, rinse face with cold water and dab off with towel.

Now I have recently purchased a straight razor (sight unseen razor which turned out to be a 'black diamond wedge') and a strop (poor mans strop) from whippeddog.com. I am not really sure how good the razor is as it looks somewhat old but on my first shave it performed quite well. Now for the details on my first shave. I performed everything in my routine as regular except for switching the cart with my new straight razor. I did both cheeks easily with one minor cut. I struggled to get around the jaw line to the neck so I stopped and went back to the cart to finish the shave. I had a hard time using my left hand to shave the left side of my face but I guess it will get easier with time.

Anyways any tips or suggestions or info on my razor would be appreciated!