Originally Posted by
brothers
I'm looking for some encouragement. I'm about 5 ~ 6 months into shaving with straights, and started to get kind of discouraged, for the first time, last week. I've got good razors, and I have my razors just about as sharp as to be expected, some newly honed by Ken at Ruprazor, and others I've honed myself, and both groups of razors are pretty much equal in the HHT and the actual shave. I won't blame the razors. The shave is where I'm getting discouraged. It's got to be that my technique is simply not right.
I work on the prep, the stropping, the lather, etc., but the bottom line is generally that I just don't get as close a shave with the straights, even trying different razors every day over a period of several days. And on top of that, after about three days of straights, my skin is painful for the rest of the day, in the problem areas where I've got to make so many passes in order to get the tough beard shaved, specifically the chin and neck.
I'm wondering maybe if this is just normal, and will slowly get better with practice? Do you think maybe I'm just too impatient?
Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Do you guys have ideas about something that I might be overlooking, or maybe just making some adjustments to my techniques such as the angle, pressure, direction and number of passes, or other specifics?
Of course, any and all observations and suggestions are welcome! Thanks guys.