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    Thumbs up Hooked on the straight!

    Good evening gentlefolk,
    Just wanted to say how glad I am I found this site, spend most of today stropping in prep for tonight's first full face shave with the straight. It took me a while, but I was very impressed and proud at the same time. Thanks for all the top tips and it really does pay off to put the ground work in with prep and stropping. Spend most of my nightshirt watching videos And how to guides.
    Thanks again and may you all have a good weekend, wherever you are.

    Cheers and REspect.

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    Welcome! Hope you enjoy it!

    You're off to the right start, learning before doing!
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    Hey have a great slow, lite pressured, mind concentrated on angle of blade, good creamy lather, 1st shave.
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    And, have a recent photo for the surgeon to use!
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    'Grats, Howler. What was once an annoying chore is becoming an indulgent, pampering joy. Almost 6 yrs later, I still love my shaves. If I don't have time for a straight shave - i go unshaven. I'd probably grow a beard, rather than return to cartridge hell.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Howler80 View Post
    Good evening gentlefolk,
    Just wanted to say how glad I am I found this site, spend most of today stropping in prep for tonight's first full face shave with the straight. It took me a while, but I was very impressed and proud at the same time. Thanks for all the top tips and it really does pay off to put the ground work in with prep and stropping. Spend most of my nightshirt watching videos And how to guides.
    Thanks again and may you all have a good weekend, wherever you are.

    Cheers and REspect.
    Congrats on the shave. I'm not far removed from the same place as you. I'm at straight shave # 5, and it just keeps getting better. The videos and threads have been extremely helpful. I find that, even though it takes quite a bit longer for me to get a 3 pass shave with touch-up than with he DE's, the shave is better, and infinitely more enjoyable. Stick with it, it just gets better with time (and practice)
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    Quote Originally Posted by pinklather View Post
    'Grats, Howler. What was once an annoying chore is becoming an indulgent, pampering joy. Almost 6 yrs later, I till love my shaves. If I don't have time for a straight shave - i go unshaven. I'd probably grow a beard, rather than return to cartridge hell.
    Same thing here. I shave less than I used to in the Cartridge Days, but I want every shave done with a straight. There's nothing like it - although I suspect that even a cartridge shave would now be better given my better technique and better soaps/creams.

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    decraew makes a good point - in that the skills you acquire in learning the straight - will make every razor you use perform better. The straight forces us to learn how to shave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pinklather View Post
    'Grats, Howler. What was once an annoying chore is becoming an indulgent, pampering joy. Almost 6 yrs later, I still love my shaves. If I don't have time for a straight shave - i go unshaven. I'd probably grow a beard, rather than return to cartridge hell.
    And another great thing is that if you don't shave for a while, it's really easy to shave away a few weeks' worth of beard with that straight. With a cartridge, it's really hard to clean up after you get behind on the shaves.

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    You definitely feel the difference, I have been on the DE for over 5 years and thought that was a close shave. How ever the straight aces it.
    looking forward to the next stage of 3 passes, as two were enough last night. starting to look at online shopping in a whole nwew light now for soaps, after shaves and other manly accesories. The wife was not impressed with my new hobby/costs untill she felt the end result (BBS)
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