First straight razor shave.
As the title says, I had my first shave yesterday. I took the time to watch two of Lynns videos on YouTube beforehand. The first about stropping, the second about the actual shave.
Happy to report that no major arteries were severed! As I mentioned in one of the posts in my introduction, my facial hair doesn't grow that fast so I decided to do the whole face. I found the whole experience easier than I was expecting (or I was just bloody lucky) the bit I did have a bit of trouble with was the moustache part or upper lip as I suppose it's actually called. The hair is coarser there and obviously, without removing my nose, the angles were awkward.
Overall, I enjoyed the experience. The sound of the razor was a little disconcerting at first. It seemed very loud, but I guess having always used disposable razors with multiple blades all wrapped up in a plastic housing, it insulates the sound somewhat.
Also, the soap seemed to keep drying on my face. Not sure if that's because I was taking too long with the shave or whether I didn't mix it properly on my face (or didn't use enough soap?)
All that being said, I will definitely keep at it! Thanks for reading.
First straight razor shave.
Congratulations.
The journey has begun...
You may find at times that the results are not up to expectations, maybe even so painful that you ask yourself why you are doing this, but remember we all had to go through this.
Conventional wisdom has it that after about 100 shaves you will be proficient, but in effect you never give up learning; new discoveries will just become less momentous, and even after years of straight shaving I experiment with slightly different variations once in a while.
My first goal was to get shaves that were as good as my shaves with a safety razor, but now I have arrived at the point where my straight shaves surpass even shaves on my Mühle R41 - something that in the beginning I would have thought impossible.
Enjoy the journey, it becomes even more fun over time.
B.
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