Thread: This has to have been asked before but.....

Rule #1: the blade is boss. respect the blade.

If the blade is in your hand, focus on the shave. I have been straight shaving since 2/2011 and had a couple of nicks in the first months. Now i only nick myself if there's a zit under the hair and i don't happen to notice it. One time i sliced myself good...wasn't paying attention as well as i should have. blade to the face, turned the head ever so slightly.....i actually have a small scar from another one. Other than that, these days it's mostly neck irritation that bleeds some..like speckles.

Very few, knock on wood. I did have a couple of weepers this weekend, a couple of raised pores. I figure after a couple of shaves, I'll level the skin and be done with them. Sometimes I think it's mind over matter. I have had the blade bounce a couple of times and felt like the blade cut the skin, but no blood. I think it's better to have a sharper blade than a dull one; move with confidence, not too slow, not too fast.