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    Getting better, but having to shave around the wounds now. This pay day, I splurged for a Tony Miller original and georgetown scuttle woo hoo!
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    Congratulations!

    It only gets better after this. After abiut 10 shaves or so you will get a lot more confidence.

    My face looked a lot worse when I started.

    You will find as you go along you face gets used to straight shave (but you find your 'happy medium' with your razor as well).

    Take care,


    mudo_koshaka

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    Macaulay Culkin would be proud!

    Definetely a nice model for your first razor.

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    very nice
    no wonder old spice felt different with such a close shave... you're young your skin will forgive you
    remember - light touch, beard reduction not elimination, 30-is degree angle, the closeness will come with time

    enjoy

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    I just bought my first straight today from the classifieds. Now I have to get a strop and learn to use that. Can't wait to give the razor it's first shot at my face. I suspect that this will take some learning!!

    Dan

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    I believe I've had 4 shaves so far, one without injury.

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    That VHD (?) brush can use replacing. Even by boar brush standards it's quite bad.
    Good results on the first shave, having gotten the blade from Lynn was a huge help.

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    It's a Wal-Mart brush. Yep, it sucks plain and simple. I'm buying quality replacements every pay-day. Like last week, I ordered a the scuttle and TM strop. Next week it's a brush, then after that soaps and other expendables.

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    I was just making it known I had the brush, really. Thing shed tons of boar hair on me.
    I sometimes like boar hair brushes, so by no means am I downing those.
    I softened up a cheap tiny boar brush from Crabtree and Evelyn with hair condition and by holding the bristles bent down with a cap of sorts, and love the Proraso Omega boar brush (got it from target).
    The Proraso wreaked of dead boar.

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    I'm going to go down to Target this evening and see what kinds of shaving things they have. Thanks for the tip.

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