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    I did everything the same this morning as my last 3 or 4 highly successful shaves, but I just couldn't get comfortable (or get beard to disappear), so I decided that slow was good and gave it up and finished with my cartridge razor. I was really struggling....maybe it was my lather, maybe my stropping (although that's been having much better results), and maybe the razor (I used the R. Aust 6/8, and have been using the 5/8). Anyway, I did a good cleaning and stropping of the 6/8 post shave, and will try the 5/8 next time. My soap was the same (Pre de Provence) as was my other prep. I'm just writing it off as a bad hand-eye coordination day.

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    The blade wasn't cutting hair or ...?

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    I had a similar experience the other day with my new Berg Lowe. It's been nearly a year, and I'm still mastering my chin/neck-line. I don't think I've had a truly smooth shave with no irritation yet in those areas. Some days are better than others, but not a perfect one. It's frustrating, but when everything finally locks in and you get that awesome DFS or BBS that you can be proud of (especially if it's on an edge you made yourself), it's all worth it, to me. We are carrying on a tradition of manhood that is lost on so many people in my generation. It's got speedbumps along the way, but we're doing good stuff here

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    Yea, everyone has an off day every once and a while. They get less frequent as you progress though.

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    You will also find that you get very good days and can't figure out why they went so well either.

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    if my lather isn't right my shave is always off. I have days like that, sometimes my shave get shortened to a two pass just because it doesn't feel right, but what feels worse is pushing it and cutting yourself. No blood is still a good shave, some are just better than others. It's the off days that make the on days so much better.
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    I've had great shaves and bad shaves but neither are consistent
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    Quote Originally Posted by Headcrowny View Post
    The blade wasn't cutting hair or ...?
    One of the team wasn't cutting hair. Odds are it was me, not the razor.

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    Chill baby. I've had whole years like that. Fortunately you're only talking about a shave.
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    I used to measure off days by the number of nicks. 1 to 2 was "a good day", 3 to 4 was "a tough day" and 5+ was "put it down before you hurt someone". Now the scale is 0 or 1 to 2. No longer have anything higher. I guess that means there's progress. Keep at it. The frequency of tough days diminishes over time.
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