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    Default First straight shave ever!

    Hello everyone

    Today I finnaly received my whipped dog straight razor
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    I received a nice J.R.Torrey.

    With the razor I also got a few other items
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    I have a few items from the art of shaving ... My brush and some pre and aftershave

    So first I took a nice hot shower...sorry no pictures of that lol

    The soap I am using is Bald Frog and I found that it makes a really nice lather though it take a little work to get it there lol
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    I know that a lot of people suggest not shaving all of the face on your first go but once I started I just had to finish lol

    I was not going for multiple passes on my first try and so I ended up with a good shave but not to smooth lol
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    Only a few little blood spots and that's mainly on my neck in the same spots I hit if I shave with any razor so I thinkin did descent for a first try!

    Now I Normally don't shave everyday but I am in the national guard and so occasionally I'll have to shave for weeks or longer at a time so I will continue to shave for about a week and see how it goes .
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    Congrats on your first shave. Read all you can here on the forum and in the library. Lots of extremely knowledgeable and helpful people here to help guide you into this great hobby.

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    In general I don't like rules. If your shave is going well, keep going, if its not stop and try and figure out why its going wrong, it can be that simple. Same thing with the right hand left hand thing. I use both hands but I didn't when I first started. It took me a good while to get my non dominant hand working well but I think its most important to get your angle and pressure worked out with the hand that suits you best. Once you get your shaving strokes down with your dominant hand try to mirror that with the other it just takes time and practice. You make your shaving pleasure your own don't feel you have to do any certain way. Light touch and proper angle is important. Whether you achieve this with right hand left hand or your feet is not. there is a ton of information on this forum on how to do things take what works for you and you will be happy. you dont have to fit into some one else idea of shaving.

    Enjoy you new found pleasure.
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    Congrats! I just had my first straight shave two weeks ago. I also did my whole face the first time out. I think it's good to keep going as long as it's going well, and just put the razor down when it's not. This is an awesome and helpful place to be. Welcome and enjoy!

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    Welcome to real wet shaving and congats on the first success of many.
    It only gets better and smoother with time and practice. Nice blades to start on as well.
    Cheers.
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    Yah the shave went much better than I thought it would but when I started to shave the blade was comfortable in my hand for the most part the upper lip bit was really tricky lol but I think reading all that I have on here and watching a lot of the videos linked here has helped me a lot
    I will definitely be around a lot more asking questions lol

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    Guidry:
    Sound like you had a very good first experience, that's great , congrats!
    Maybe start a shave journal so that we can see how you progress and help you along if you run into trouble.
    Definitely ask questions and study the Wiki. tons of info there, we'll be glad to help.

    FrankC

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    Congrats! Go slow and use BOTH hands. Learn your off hand now when you're still just learning. And go slow or you will learn humility with blood!
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    I actually found it easyer to use both hands from the start it was to weird with same hand

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    Well done! It looks like you had a great experience.

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