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No need to apologize. I can certainly understand how the post could have come across. I know how hard this stuff is to get down, how much work it takes, how long the learning curve can be. I'm just...

Well, I'm hardly ready to retire from straight shaving because I enjoy it to much. I was attempting to demonstrate how many obstacles stand before Newbies and a good first straight razor shave. The...

My first straight shave was certainly not better than the ones before that required no technique. Of course I was somewhat lacking in straight razor shaving technique, possessing like, uh, NONE.

Geez, I gotta check what's in my Barbasol can again. I thought it read "Beard Buster". I know it's white so it can't really be poop, can it?

1. You cannot be sure whether your blade is sharp.
2. You don't know how to strop.
3. You are scared to death or heavily medicated.
4. You don 't know what to expect.
5. You don't know...