Quote Originally Posted by yolki View Post
Hi all,

I have a question regarding shaving with several days growth of my beard.

I used my straight razor for a shave last week and got a lot of pulling and it was pretty painful for my first WTG pass. Now once I was done with the first pass there wasn't anymore discomfort with my XTG or ATG passes.

I was wondering if this is a symptom of my razor needing to be honed or if it is a problem with my technique or something else. Does anyone have any ideas? I did strop my razor prior to shaving and don't experience the same thing with stubble.

Thanks for any helpful ideas!

Stan
I would say it had to do with the length of your beard. The longer the hair growth the deeper you have to push the lather in so it gets to your skin. With longer hair you could also consider using your fingers to massage the lather further down.
Let the lather sit for about 1-2 minutes (3-4 for dense beard) and then re-lather to get a layer of moist lather back on your face (the waiting time will dry the lather out sometimes).

I find that with longer hair doing shorter almost buffing WTG passes also helps.

Happy Shaving