Today was the first time I used a straight razor on another person. I was pretty apprehensive at first but thought that my wife shaves my neck and around my ears on a regular basis so I would give it a try. My dad is in the hospital and unable to shave himself. I normally use a Gillette Tech to shave his head and face. My dad has always shaved his head, I have never seen him with hair. He has some stitches on his lower lip (unrelated to being in hospital) and I did not feel comfortable using the DE where I could not see exactly what I was doing so I cleaned up around his stitches with a straight it was no big deal once I started. I went slowly with a very light touch.
I guess I wanted to say shaving someone else for the first time was kind of like using a straight for the first time; scary at first but not big deal once you get going.
Charlie