First, a thank you to rodb for selling me my first straight and to cudarunner for answering my endless questions over the last week or so, a great source of knowledge you are.
Now to the shave.
I did a WTG pass on my cheeks and my neck, as those were the places that i could easily get without feeling awkward and/or uncomfortable. I seems to have a tendency to let the blade dip below the desired angle to cut hair, resulting in the razor laying on my face and cutting nothing. I will clearly be working on that. after pass one i had missed some and shaved some and got just a little to be pretty smooth. on a positive note, offhand was not a problem. second pass i stuck with XTG just on my cheeks, as again that was a thing that felt comfortable enough to try. more successful in the cutting of hair and maintaining good angle. still lots of spots left, but more left smooth. at this point i whipped out the DE and shaved with that, happy with my accomplishment. no nicks, no cuts, no irritation. win
some thoughts after the fact.
i must find better ways to stretch my face that let me see the mirror.
cant stretch face when your fingers get soap on them, alum block gives traction.think of this before its to late next time
you are still terrible at this. dont let the little accomplishment go to your head.
try wetter soap next time. see if that work better.
next report: shave 10