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02-01-2010, 04:38 PM #1Junior Member
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First time shave report
So I finally had the bare necessities to jump in last night and give it a whirl. I managed to get a decent idea of what I needed to be doing from looking at videos on YouTube, so here's the basic rundown:
-Stretched The Filly out and gave it a warm up with the palm of my hand
-Stropped the razor keeping the strop taut/straight while leading with the spine first and applying just enough pressure to make contact without creating a bend in the strop
-Dipped brush in hot water, rubbed in soap for ~1 minute, blotched in bowl/added water until it looked pretty good
-Applied lather
-Shaved both cheeks according to how I saw this guy do it:
YouTube - Straight Razor Shave
-Finished up with a safety razor, cleaned up the area/accoutrement, and stropped the Bismarck again
Overall, I think it went pretty well. I was impressed by the closeness of the shave given my horrid technique, I went over the areas with the safety razor and I didn't notice it taking any further stubble off. There was a little irritation this morning, but I did no preshave prep as I don't have the stuff yet, and I used some crappy generic aftershave for the same reason.
Anyway, any insights/resources appreciated!Last edited by rawsted; 02-01-2010 at 04:43 PM.
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