Thread: First Shave (kinda intimidating)

Originally Posted by TheSkyer

How did you guys cope with the anxiety of putting a straight razor to your face for the very first time?

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes

nah, I was just careful with small strokes

Since I'm a knife lover, what's your knife store? are you on the messenforum.nl too?

Originally Posted by KarmaPolice

Makes perfect sense. God knows if I tried it with a rod I'd have one screwed up razor.

How come you've had the razor so long and only now decided to have your first straight shave?

Because someone told me that razor was beyond repair (guess I showed him wrong XD) I just couldn't wait for my other razor (thank you shaved zombie) to arrive so I gave it a shot with the old one.

Originally Posted by jojingo

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes

nah, I was just careful with small strokes

Since I'm a knife lover, what's your knife store? are you on the messenforum.nl too?

I am not on messenforum since I own a rather small shop, I just sell what I personally like. In the future I am planning bigger things but for now I am glad if I sell 2 or 3 knives a month XD

I am not sure I can link to my website here since it would be advertising.

The anxiety and trembling ease up and you become more at ease with handling the blade against your face. I have 14 shaves done now and I'm a lot more comfortable with it than I was.

A good Scotch works great for anything

+1 on what Dave said...i.e., get a good hone...you're not sharpening a knife . Even though the principle is similar, equipment is different

Don't worry about the anxiety...it quickly disappears and you conquer that fear.

Originally Posted by dave5225

The anxiety will quickly go away after a few more shaves . Keep your skin stretched tight , your blade angle on the low side , and don't press the edge into your skin . Don't worry about the BBS until you have some more experience . You must be pretty good at honing to be able to get your razor shaving sharp , using ceramic rods , and stropping on a belt . That proves that it's not what you use , but how well you use what you have , is the key to success . However , you may want to consider getting a decent finishing hone , and a nice strop sometime in the future . I think you're off to a great start , and I wish you the best .

Just stick with it and the anxiety will quickly disappear. Sounds like you are off to a good start. Keep us posted.

I actually nick'd my under chin area good with my DE! on a touchup..lol...it was the 2 sides where u hold the blade..went under my chin..dam it was painful and went away after 30 min of small wide TP and alot of pressure!..ill prolly use the old electric trimmer this time around to allow this to heal finely..Lesson learned!..be more careful around yer face with other sharp objects too!


pcdad

I was really looking forward to it, and it was all I could do to not attempt my whole face..!

I did both cheeks and my neck the first time round, plus the tache area, and just left the chin.

I did get a few nicks when starting out though, and I occasionally get them now as well, usually due to a small lapse in concentration.

man it wasn't my first shave that was bad it was my third. I thought I was a bad ass and did it right before work. I didn't do it the other times before work in case i hacked my face up. I got too confident or something i nicked myself like 5 times and my face was beaming red. everyone at work was asking me what happend. at least I could sound like a bad ass saying I cut my face using a cutt throat razor. I'm getting better tho and looking forward to each shave.