Well it's over at last. My first complete straight shave and no blood. Whew..
Concentration by the bucket full and lot's of deep breaths..must remember to breath out though.
The sound was a bit disconcerting initially..sounds like scraping but is cutting..once I ignored this I kind of liked it..sort of gladiator stuff.
The cheeks and neck were the easiest part when I remembered to stretch the skin again. Lip and chin a bit tricky, mostly trying to get the correct angles more than anything esle and looking at where the blade wasn't touching..the extremities that could nick.
I'm using Trumpers soap and did find it not as slippery or lubricating as I would like..almost a squeeky feel..which tended the blade to "stick" in a few places. Not sure that stick is the right word, like a wet finger tip on super clean glass..tends to stick not glide. Maybe there is a better soap / cream to try ?.
Thanks certainly go to Bill Ellis and Lynn for providing superlative razors with which I now have a great benchmark to go by. And thanks also to all members of SRP that have answered my questions and shared their expertise.
One happy chappy here.
Best regards
Gary