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Today was shave #2 since I first started this thread.

Yeah, I know ... lots of time in between straight shaves.

I followed most of the advice on this thread for todays shave. I still havent...

I am learning this .. the hard way.lol.

Actually, I was inspired enough by your cut-pic post .. I decided to give it another go.

For this run, I just used olive oil only; no shaving soap.
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Am I the only one who read this and lost their train of thought ..

lol


hoglahoo, thats interesting you would suggest posting pics. I actually thought of doing this. Now most of the cuts...

Honestly, I bought my brush brand new as a badger hair brush .... but now I am beginning to wonder if it is made from boar hair. The hairs are quite coarse and stiff. I do better making lather in my...

Thanks for the replies, guys.

I do appreciate it. I am surmising that I am just heavy handed with the bloody thing. I feel pretty conifident that this particular blade is sharp. My beard is...

I've tried the face lather method, It works pretty good for me, but the agitation of the brush tears up the skin. I thought of hard water. I tried this with bottled water and got the same results....

I do
- s t r e t c h the skin
- go slow
- honemeister
- shave sections


I wrote off the fact that I will get a cut on my neck & jawline area. It's been a few weeks and alot of research .....

I have about 10 shaves under my belt with a straight.

Today I tried shaving with the straight again and I ended up with about 10 good bleeding slices with just an ok shave. I cant go back and...