Thread: First time with a Shavette

Mrnighthawkx - Thanks for the encouragement with the true straight. I am hoping I can afford one soon enough here, which is why I went with the parker in the first place. Also, I am not embarrassed to say that I have already watched the video of geofatboy a few times as I was waiting for the razor to arrive and again before I tried my first shave with it. Mostly to see the types of angles etc. Again though, I do appreciate your help!

I initially chopped myself up a bit using one, but after a while you learn what not to do and it becomes a safer undertaking, comparable to a real straight, but with a greater opportunity for burn. I shave with a "real" straight now, but use the shavette for touch-up, dry with no lather, when I can really see what I missed. If you do it right away, while all is soft, it works. Wait three minutes, and it doesn't work at all.

Well I must say, tonight will be my second undertaking with the shavette. I will hopefully take the lessons I learned from my first try and apply them tonight to possibly get a better shave. I will be sure to keep you guys posted as to how it goes. I appreciate the feedback thus far and I imagine it will get easier as time goes by, plus I am not one to quit easily, so here's hoping!

Alright then, second round is done. Learned some more this evening and right before writing this I think I already figured out one of my problems. My neck got destroyed again this evening in terms of razor burn, but not my whole neck, just the lower left and right. It is almost like mirror image razor burn. The reason why popped into my mind as direction of hair growth (along with pressure of course). So when I go at it again this weekend I will most likely take that part of my neck at a different way for WTG. It may in fact be an XTG pass on those parts (at least for visual aid for the reader) but that motion would in fact be WTG on that part of my neck. We will see how that works out.

As for pressure, tonight I tried almost barely touching the razor to my face while shaving and I still had minor irritation on my chin. Is this a side-effect of my face getting use to shaving with one blade or do we think this is a side-effect of the shavette, or finally my technique? Thanks for your replies folks!

I figured I would post a quick update this evening. I just finished shaving again and I have been shaving every other day with this since I started, after my last post, I suppose that is 4 more times for a total of 6? At any rate, I look forward to shaving now more than I ever did. I see that seems to be a common theme with new guys, even though I don't have a traditional Str8 just yet. To the results then, the alum block is a real nice tool of feedback. I have read, and experienced, that when you are doing something wrong in an area, the alum block will let you know with a burning sensation. Well tonight was a pleasant surprise as only one small spot burned, so small that it actually surprised me because while I was shaving I thought at one point I thought I was really going to be hurting in one area and nothing, interesting. Just figured I would give you guys the update. I am really enjoying being a part of this journey and this forum because of the wealth of knowledge on here!

Thanks for stopping by!