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Yup, that is exactly what I noticed. Sound and pressure are may more consistent on the up and down stroke compared to stropping on 45 degrees.

Something I didn't post yesterday...... I shaved off...

(First off, thanks for all the encouragement! It's really appreciated)
A little update might be in place after a silence of 7 shaves....

Except for one all shave were really good, both the WM...

Sooooooooo, I've been a little too busy to post a full account of my latest shaving exploits. But I've done 2 shaves in the last week. One Thursday and one yesterday. The first one was the worst...

Again, a real successful shave(the very best yet).

This time the beardprep was quite minimal, although it was 3 day beard.

Prep
I had a hot shower but didn't use any conditioner. After the...

Jhenry,

If I don't do ATG it feels like the last shave was a day ago. With ATG it is smooth in all directions/ But without it feels very coarse in that direction.

Whoopsie... big ass typo... it's WTG of course. Doing ATG the first pass will cut my face to pieces ;).

Changed it. And yeah, although it is my second razor, I doubt I'll find a smoother edge soon.

Holy F&%(#@ $H17,

I might as well tell immediately about the result: 0 razor and a damn good shave, really smooth.

Weapon of choice
2 days ago my DoVo Bismarck arrived from johnmrson and I had...

I know, I just like to take a lot of time for it :).

But I shaved yesterday evening(about 22 hours ago) with a prep that was a bit shorter because the beard was only 3 days old.

The prep...

Sooooo,

I've been a bit lacks in reporting here but I had 3 shaves in the last week. A short report on all 3:

The first of the three
First one was Saturday a week ago. I used the WM Elliot...

Alright,

Just finished another shave, the results:
Cheeks => very good shave
Neck => not so much

Preparation
Shower(using conditioner on the whiskers) => make and apply lather => strop(25...

Alembic, I used to shave once a week. I love to grow a beard and trim+shave it(with straight shaving the trimming isn't necessary). Because apart from shaving I also like facial hair(sounds almost...

It's the finest whatever-how-long of the day :). I never worry about the time. I take it.

I am perhaps a little unclear there, I didn't shave ATG, only felt ATG. And the whiskers felt stingy. But expected as I didn't shave in that direction :)



Hmm maybe a little unclear again on...

Alright, I had my third shave with the same razor yesterday. It was in 1 word: awesome. The whiskers were quite long from a week without shaving, but that didn't prove to be a problem.
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Thanks for the, especially Obie. I'm not worried about how much time it takes to shave. As I do it mostly on free evenings or in the weekends, for my boss doesn't care about my scruffy look.

I...

Ok, Didn't had time to post yesterday, so here it goes.

The second shave was bad, I have quite some nicks on my neck and had the feeling the blade wasn't sharp enough. I have made an effort to...

small update: the girlfriend likes it. But she noticed the missed spots as well.

But hey, it's a journey. If I was already there it'd be boring.

cheers!

Muscles,

I think it's something I still do from my multi blade razor days. I didn't do XTG with them, but with SR's my skin isn't dry so XTG is very comfortable.

Alright, I just finished my first shave with a real straight(not with my
Filarmonica shavette), this is a small account of the shave.

Razor
The weapon of choice was a WM Elliot 5/8" hollow...