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So grad school really bit into my SRP updating time.... :( I can say however, that with this post I am at...

52nd Shave, over half-way there!

While I haven't been posting up any updates for 2...

Not that I have much (or any, actually :P ) experience with other razors, I do enjoy the shaves I get from my Dovo BQ. I hope you have the same experience with yours once it is properly honed!
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16th Shave - 2/8/12

Had gotten a little lazy on shaving, but getting a haircut after work made me decide to stop looking like a bum. It was another nice evening shave, after my wife went to bed....

15th Shave - 2/4/11

For the first time I got my chin to the same level of smoothness as the rest of my face! I have been struggling with trying to find the best pass, angle, position of my chin,...

14th Shave - 2/2/12

(wow, is it really february already? January just flew by....)

Once again another nice nighttime shave. The wife was in bed already, and the cat with her, so it was just...

Well now I don't feel so bad about not feeling comfortable with my left. I've held the razor up to my face with my left hand a few times, but I'm just not sure I trust it to hold a constant angle...

13th Shave - 1/30/12

Nice evening shave. After a day of work followed by running around the the banks re-organizing several accounts, it was nice to have some time after dinner to decompress,...

Grad school happened ;). Its been busy, but I have been thinking about how I need to update this thread!

11th Shave - 1/23/12

A week since my last shave! Don't know what happened- a mix of...

Thanks Dave5225!

As a long time lurker on these boards before I started posting I found it quite helpful to read other people's posts to see their trial and error processes in finding that right...

10th Shave - 1/15/11

Does anyone else here just love the feeling of applying that second lather on a freshly WTG'ed face? I have to say, its one of the small pleasures that I look forward to...

9th Shave - 1/12/11

I haven't talked about it much here, but I was pretty happy with my stropping before this shave. I have a hanging strop that I usually hook over the hand-towel hook in the...

8th Shave - 1/10/11

This was my first shave in which I did not cut myself once in the process! I don't know if or how long I will be able to keep the streak going, but I was pretty happy with...

Thanks for the great advice guys. I've managed to slowly confine my razor burn to one area on my throat, just below my jaw on the left. Jeffegg2- you might be right about me using too much...

6th Shave - 1/4/12

I don't know that I tried anything new with this shave, but I did make several observations:

Even after only a few shaves, I now feel comfortable enough with WTG and XTG on...

4th Shave - 12/31/11

I think I have finally gotten a consistently good lather. I've put a little more time into whipping it up, and as some others advised, added a bit more water to the mixture...

3rd Shave - 12/29/11

It seems I was right about my assumption that I need to shave every other day. Razor burn was minimal, if not even a little less than I am used to with a cartridge razor. I...

Thanks for all the advise about lathers! I had read someone yesterday (I think it was somewhere on this forum) that some people had better luck whipping up some soap in their hand rather than a mug,...

First Shave – 12/26/11

My first shave! I looked back at my forum account and saw that I joined in Feb 2011- it took my almost a full year to finally get my hands on a set (courtesy of my wife). ...

...Begins with a single strop ;)

I've read over and over that it takes ~100 shaves until a decent level of proficiency is acquired in the art of straight razor shaving. While this number is...