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Whoo, survived it without nicking... Hold off the 911-calls :D

This sounds good.

Well it's time.. my skin is recovered. Cover me, I'm going in....
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Thanks, although they are just some quick sketches to get a feel for Adobe Illustrator :P



I find this to be safer then "my" method. The danger is pulling your razor back without moving it down...

To clarify, next picture (I'm in a drawing mood ^^)

I'm holding the blade at a 30 degree angle to the skin. Then pull it slightly from the 90 degree angle of the stroke.
(And who would have...

Like frits said, I'm talking about the angle of the edge against the direction of the stroke.
A straight angle (90 degrees) seems to get a lot more resistance from dense beard parts then when I'm...

Hmm, it seems it's "normal". Quite a handy guide there. Especially the 5 degrees ATG is helpful info.
I love it that you really have to get some skill, until the day that this skill will be...

Hey shavers,

Just started straight razor shaving 2/3 weeks ago and it's pretty cool.
First I tried the shaving tips, but I find out that I don't really get a close shave when I go with the grain...