I shaved today with a newly honed razor that isn't quite there yet, as I found during the shave. Even after the ATG pass, it left an area on my neck feeling stubbly--when I rubbed against the grain. When I run my hand over that area with the grain, the stubble is barely noticeable. Nontheless, I found myself rather irritated, not so much at the razor not quite being there, but just that my shave wasn't BBS.

And that's when I realized how much these months of shaving with straight razors has changed my perception of what a good shave is. I came to SRs from cartridge razors, usually the cheapie all-in-one twin bladed type and a shave like this was the norm--in fact, I would have been quite happy with it. Now, a shave that leaves any feeling of stubble is quite unusual and means either the razor or I is doing something wrong!

Dan