Hello Everyone,
I thought I'd share my experience so far with my first few shaves.
I received my actually shave-ready razor a couple weeks ago, along with soaps and brushes etc. but at this point I didn't have my strop yet. Eager to try it out, I decided to shave with the razor anyway well aware it may not perform well as it wasn't stropped.
Sure enough, I used on the straights of the cheeks and neck and felt some tugging here and there, but no cuts. I also forgot to pull the skin tight. Whether or not this was due to the un-stropped blade, not pulling the skin or my lack of experience I wasn't sure, but I didn't worry about it too much. I finished it up with a cartridge and that was that.
The 2nd time was after I had received the strop. I made 30 passes, and then proceeded to shave again. This time, no tugging! Not a big surprise, but good to know that issue was easily fixed. Again I went over the cheeks and neck, forgot to pull skin tight again. No cuts, but running my fingers WTG I could still feel a few hairs. Again, not too concerned about it, I finished up with a cartridge.
This morning was the 3rd time, and it went very much like the 2nd try, except this time I pulled the skin tight and could feel less hairs left over afterward. Plus, the alcohol aftershave I use stung the worst it had done so far. Not sure if that's a sign of doing something wrong this time compared to the other times?
So I'm slowly improving, just a matter of practise. The key things, I think, are the amount of pressure and the angle, and remembering to pull the skin tight. For the angle, it's a hard choice between having a good view of the razor's angle and having a good view of where the razor is sitting on my face, don't want to nick my ear lobes. But I think if I keep at it I won't need to look as closely at the positioning and I can focus soley on the angle which should help.
Anyway, hopefully I can keep this cut-free streak going, and gradually I'll come close to removing the same amount of hair as I do with the cartridge.
I thought I'd share my experience so far with my first few shaves.
I received my actually shave-ready razor a couple weeks ago, along with soaps and brushes etc. but at this point I didn't have my strop yet. Eager to try it out, I decided to shave with the razor anyway well aware it may not perform well as it wasn't stropped.
Sure enough, I used on the straights of the cheeks and neck and felt some tugging here and there, but no cuts. I also forgot to pull the skin tight. Whether or not this was due to the un-stropped blade, not pulling the skin or my lack of experience I wasn't sure, but I didn't worry about it too much. I finished it up with a cartridge and that was that.
The 2nd time was after I had received the strop. I made 30 passes, and then proceeded to shave again. This time, no tugging! Not a big surprise, but good to know that issue was easily fixed. Again I went over the cheeks and neck, forgot to pull skin tight again. No cuts, but running my fingers WTG I could still feel a few hairs. Again, not too concerned about it, I finished up with a cartridge.
This morning was the 3rd time, and it went very much like the 2nd try, except this time I pulled the skin tight and could feel less hairs left over afterward. Plus, the alcohol aftershave I use stung the worst it had done so far. Not sure if that's a sign of doing something wrong this time compared to the other times?
So I'm slowly improving, just a matter of practise. The key things, I think, are the amount of pressure and the angle, and remembering to pull the skin tight. For the angle, it's a hard choice between having a good view of the razor's angle and having a good view of where the razor is sitting on my face, don't want to nick my ear lobes. But I think if I keep at it I won't need to look as closely at the positioning and I can focus soley on the angle which should help.
Anyway, hopefully I can keep this cut-free streak going, and gradually I'll come close to removing the same amount of hair as I do with the cartridge.
