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I managed to do two full passes, one with the grain and one across. I finished up with my DE to get to my usual level of smooth. There are a couple hard to get spots, and around the mouth seems to be...

Just had my first shave, and success! I started a new thread with the full details as I had a lot of thoughts afterwords. Thanks for all the info and suggestions guys!

As luck would have it, my razor showed up before the strop. So I guess I'll still have to wait another day or two for that. As for RAD, I can tell its gonna be tough, there are just too many...

Thanks for all the replies and support guys!

Montanan, those are some good points about retraining muscle memory from some DE habits, I'll definitely watch out for that.

When my strop shows up...

I have found Lynn's videos and they are super informative, I'll have to re watch them in the coming days. As for oiling the blade, is this a necessary step if the razor is going to be used regularly?...

I've got a shave ready no-name vintage solingen blade from the classifieds here on the way.


Haha no worries! I'm a big proponent of being prepared, so I'll probably do that. I also already have...

I've been shaving with a DE along with a proper lather for more than a year and I just decided to jump into the world of straight razors. I already have the fundamentals of good lather, beard mapping...