Thread: At what point did your shaves improve?

I started shaving with a straight in 2010 and it took me a lot longer than most, as evidenced by the posts I've read, to finally master the beast. I'd say I had my first shave up to standards in 6 months. In two years I feel I mastered it. In Year 3 I improved more and feel like I finally got it down cold. This year I nick myself less.

There was a lot of determination on my part to get this done because I just had a desire to shave this way and still think of today's shaving fare and the prices charged as fraudulent. My face really took a beating and it wasn't until I learned how to use a DE and straight that I experienced any comfort at all. Enjoying shaving was incomprehensible to me until I became a retro shaver.

Forever!


I messed around allot at first. When I swore I would only shave with my straight for a year no ifs, ands, or buts, things really turned around.

It tookme about 6 months to get consistent DFS, but a year for the "Wow, this is how it should be". It's putting your time on all the techniques, stropping, lathering, shaving.