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I'm not quite sure what I did differently this morning, but I a very nice DFS and absolutely zero irritation. The aftershave didn't burn at all, and hours later its the closest and most even straight...

That's exactly where I am with DE shaving so I know that it's possible to get my face BBS in two passes. It's just a matter of practicing and developing the skill to accomplish it. And I'm hoping...

So today I had a realization. Well maybe not so much a realization as a lot of the advice I have read started to sink in. Previous to today's shave I have been trying to do a two or three pass shave,...

The success of my first shave was due in no small part to reading and reading for months before I finally took the jump. So thanks again to this wonderful forum! It does indeed keep getting better. I...

Nothing to report but progress today. I think I can chalk up the roughness of my last shave to ineffective lather. Today was much smoother. I also really paid attention to skin stretching behind the...

Haha my first shave wasn't that harrowing, I just took my time and stopped before I felt uncomfortable. But I'm not quite at the level of my DE shaves yet, and am looking forward to being there. I...

Since I didn't have time to write anything down yesterday, today's entry is shaves two and three.

Shave two went well. I waited two days because I have found that with my DE, two days is usually...

Go for it! I was first drawn into wet shaving by the straight razor but decided to go with DE first, due to budget constraints and trepidation. But a year later I figured why not? I think it's...

I wouldn't say its "easy" but it's definitely not as hard as I expected. And you're not constantly at risk of auto-decapitation. I think once you realize that the blade isn't so scary as long as you...

I'm not too concerned with BBS right now, that's what the DE is for. I'm mostly concerned with getting at least some hair off and not slicing my face up, which seems to be going well so far. I do...

This is a long one so sorry guys, I just wanted to document my first experience and initial thoughts to help with the learning process.

As the title says, I made it through my first straight shave...