Well I did my first straight shave, it felt amazing holding the sharp instrument to my face, and see the result. It's however another matter to feel the result. Not that close, but three passes don't make me veteran, I know that, so I'll stick to it and work on the technique.
The razor felt so small when I first opened the box, somehow I imagined it would be larger, and heavier, but I'm pretty accustomed to it by now, but I know I wanna try a 7/8 sometime.

Started shaving according to the wiki, and general advises on the forum. That means on area at the time and WTG. I got a little to excited so i nicked myself once.
The second time i simply repeated my first go, and flawless (if I myself should say so)
Third time I took my time, and slowly did a full face, but it's here the result got a bit... less than smooth, some places I blame my inexperience. Perhaps I was a but to cautious, I only nicked myself two times *yeah*

I also waited to strop until the third time, I took some advice given here, and practiced my wrist turn technique, so I think I did a pretty decent job. Did the hanging hair test before and after, and when finished the hair didn't stand a chance! (I know that the test isn't a proof of anything, but I felt pretty good afterwards)

And finally a few pictures i took when unboxing my straight razor starter kit, as you can see I went for the cheep, basic. The razor is "Made from skilled craftsmen in Solingen, Germany" (it says so on the box), with plastic scales.

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