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OK, I'm going to stop doing daily updates, and just add when I learn something.

What I learned last shave. First atg pass on my neck, use only about 1/4 the blade. Much more than that and I think...

Yeah, last night was the first time I got anything other than a small nick or a weeper.

Crazy thing is. The slice on my left cheek is already fully closed. Not scabed over, like scar tissue...

I must say... Other than the blood stubble... I got one damn good shave

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OK, got my razors back from Glen. The crown is so much better. It was missing washers! 😂

So. Shave 11 (yesterday) was with the crown yesterday. Two "quick" passes and actually got a decent shave....

I'm not sure if the pin is already bent, or the pin is off center, because when I do that, it bows the scales, which when opening, undoes any tightening

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OK, shave 10. Been sick for the past few days, and been using my de. Felt better today, and decided to get back on the horse.

Well... I am very frustrated... with two things. One, my trash...

Shave 8(last night) 4 passes pretty uneventful. Used my full hollow ground, which is the dullest of my two. After 100 passes on birth sides of my balsa strop, 50 on the poly webbing "canvas" strop...

I learned my lesson. If it's morning and I'm pressed, DE it is. Maybe in 20 years I'll be proficient enough to do a "quick"shave with the straight

Goddammit... Shave 7. I usually shave at night when I can take my time. Had to shave in the morning before work and I was probably a little rushed and overconfident. Nicked my left cheek. About the...

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I'm not sure if you can see the exact point of contact, but I hope this is what you meant. The scales feel like pretty...

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Well... I done it. I cut myself. Isn't bad though but still. Second time in 9 years, 7 of those using a DE.

Shave...

Shave 5 today. Got much closer in the neck with 4 passes. Wtg, xtg, xtg again, but closer to atg, then atg.

Decided to pick up my DE and clean up my chin as I had already wiped down the str8. And...

Yeah, I was going to add a similar adage of a dull blade is more dangerous than a sharp blade.

I do end up getting some tugging when I'm cleaning up, but not with the actual shave. The third, atg...

Well I've done shave 3 and 4.

I'm getting better at getting even, and not missing spots.

I'm having trouble getting a really close shave. Could it be I'm not stretching enough? Or could it be...

That's what I was planning on doing, but it was just going so well so I just kept going!

Got my second shave it today! Got better at the chin. I think I may need to get the edge professionally honed. It was an eBay "shave ready" razor and even around 100 bucks I can tell its not the...

Wow... Note to self... Don't EVER try to catch a falling razor. Run. Just run like its the plague(or missing digits)

And that confidence thing makes total sense. I feel a little ahead of the...

Thanks. Today's shave probably took about 15 minutes. I planned on just doing a cheek, but after the cheek I decided to keep going, zone after zone until I was done. I ended up cleaning up with the...

Well guys, did my first shave today with my newly acquired straight today!

I'm having a bit of trouble getting my chin and about a 1/8 inch strip of my side burn next to my ear. I think the side...