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Pre-shave:
1) Soak brush in hot water.
2) Have hot shower with soap and sometimes conditioner (conditioner or not has not made a difference to much, either with SR or DE) in beard
3) Get out and...

I had a few days without kids and wife while they went to the dreaded in-laws.

I put the DE away for a few days and used only the straight. The first all-straight shave was terrible as far as a...

Update: Second real shave with a straight. I have been practicing stropping with the Boker, and the edge is coming back. The Engles worked well and was sharp after stropping.

I tried something...

New shave today with only one-day's growth (used a DE yesterday), this time with the Engles "Lafayette" that I won in the December giveaway. The good news is that I did shave some hairs today, WTG on...

The blade not only failed the HHT, it was very rough on my arm and really didn't cut any hairs. This was after 50 on the cloth, 50 on the leather.

There are three pieces of good news though:
1)...

Ryan,

You described the first attempt spot on. Glad I wasn't the only one.

I am only trying with one-day's growth at a time.

Don't worry guys, I'm not giving up. I never cliff dived, but I have willpower and will make a good shave.

Thank you so much for the stropping advice. I was afraid to pull the blade off the...

So I've tried my second shave and I'm not doing so well. I got rid of cartridge blades over a year ago and use DEs now: a Merkur 33 and Merkur Slant. I have been very good with those and happy with...