triple threat (now i'm gettin' it)

took me a couple of months, but i've gone from DE to SR+DE on not-so-busy days.

hadda learn to hone and strop and strop and strop and strop. after a proper hone that is. Paying a old hand to hone your first SR is great idea. I used tutorials and a 30x magnification to develop my edge.

now i "knock the top off" with the SR (one of three i'm working with), then come back with an old-type open comb, and finally a long-comb new gillette for final stubble chasing. if there's a big rush on-i leave the SR out.

so i'm up to 1930's in shave technology-as i don't see how it ever got any better-just more gimmicky.

After the initial excitement, i finally let my beard go for a week or so--then hit it with the SR. UNREAL how easy it was to pare things back. 3/8" stubble to DFS in no time.

Learning to hone/strop a straight taught me how to evaluate and strop a DE blade, making them last and last...

It'd be easier for me to utilize the SR if i didn't have "large" goatee and wide sideburns to maneuver around*. the heel of the blade is often nipping at the parts i don't want nipped, but I figger i have until my beard quits growing to keep developing my technique.

*kinda like this only different:

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.50421...h=155&c=7&rs=1
Major Gen. Ambrose Burnsides

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Originally Posted by WadePatton

took me a couple of months, but i've gone from DE to SR+DE on not-so-busy days.

hadda learn to hone and strop and strop and strop and strop. after a proper hone that is. Paying a old hand to hone your first SR is great idea. I used tutorials and a 30x magnification to develop my edge.

now i "knock the top off" with the SR (one of three i'm working with), then come back with an old-type open comb, and finally a long-comb new gillette for final stubble chasing. if there's a big rush on-i leave the SR out.

so i'm up to 1930's in shave technology-as i don't see how it ever got any better-just more gimmicky.

After the initial excitement, i finally let my beard go for a week or so--then hit it with the SR. UNREAL how easy it was to pare things back. 3/8" stubble to DFS in no time.

Learning to hone/strop a straight taught me how to evaluate and strop a DE blade, making them last and last...

It'd be easier for me to utilize the SR if i didn't have "large" goatee and wide sideburns to maneuver around*. the heel of the blade is often nipping at the parts i don't want nipped, but I figger i have until my beard quits growing to keep developing my technique.

*kinda like this only different:

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.50421...h=155&c=7&rs=1
Major Gen. Ambrose Burnsides

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Hi Wade,
Lot of trouble to shave with 3 razors. That last part sounds like you need to try a "mustache razor" Typically 2-1/4 to 2-3/8" long. Small enough to get into tighter spots, without the other end getting into trouble. Not to be confused with a corn razor. Look up Mab razor on Google. Intended to be used as a full face razor, but much easier to manuver. Took to shaving in the evening when I started with straights. Much less rushed than my mornings. 5 o'clock shadow just shows up around 3,
Have a good one,