Just thought I would share a recent knock to my confidence which I have now practically got over - some may be going through or experienced this before. Cut myself badly about a month ago when stupidly showing a friend the art of str8 shaving with far too much port in me. I let it heal and basically let the stubble grow for about two weeks (just took the notion to leave it for a bit) then shaved again. I found myself nervous I suppose, never a good thing with a blade, and the razor found the cut (1" long cheek gash) and opened it up again. Not good - well maybe in a way cos I got a chance to match up the two sides of skin better this time! Over the past two weeks I have been shaving every second day but not very well. Today I settled down for a slow and deliberate shave with every stage having attention to detail - it was good thank god.

I suppose pain and scars can be a good lesson not to get too 'familiar' with the blade and treat it with the respect it demands. My confidence was rocked a bit but thankfully that's behind me now. Maybe this is a 6-12 month experience thing? Think you can do it blindfolded then 'slice' and the blade tells you you're still a novice...