I'm into my first week of straight razor shaving, courtesy of Larry Andro & his great starter kit. I should have ideally started some months ago, but unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I just could not. But I'm glad I finally did it.
Larry has been extremely helpful with all my questions & he's undoubtedly been one of the most helpful people that I have 'ever' dealt with. The time that he's spent to explain some things have left me a bit embarrassed. His replies have never been dismissive - though some of my questions have been outright stupid. He even offered to compensate a kit loss that I had a few months ago, though there was absolutely no fault of his. Super thumbs to him It's been an absolute pleasure dealing with him.
My first shaves have not been that good. Not helping was me trying to just use a bunch of youtube videos to help me out, though Larry advised against it. There are many variables that only the "youtube user" gets right. Also not helping was my donkey thick whiskers which made my first few shaves an absolute nightmare. Also not helping was me not heeding Larry's advice - to try out only the cheek.
However, stupidity and foolhardiness comes naturally to me & I went ahead with shaving my whole face.
The razor burn that I experienced was unlike anything else. Made me want to jump in to a vat of moisturizer and oil. Anyways, today's shave was a bit better. Still looks like my shave was done 12 hours ago, but the amount of razor burn is comparatively lesser. I have two long scars which I hope will heal fine....I absolutely unequivocally love this experience.
I have even tried out a bit of scything on my face, but am still clueless about how to tackle my donkey thick whiskers. Hope to have that inspirational moment soon.
I have successfully managed to screw up my strop with a few cuts on it. Now I have half the length to work it. I'm hoping that I don't mess up the remaining half.
Thanks to Larry Andro of course!. Plus more thumbs up to Joel & Chimensch for their superb videos and a host of other people who have been extremely helpful during my brief stay on this board.
Larry has been extremely helpful with all my questions & he's undoubtedly been one of the most helpful people that I have 'ever' dealt with. The time that he's spent to explain some things have left me a bit embarrassed. His replies have never been dismissive - though some of my questions have been outright stupid. He even offered to compensate a kit loss that I had a few months ago, though there was absolutely no fault of his. Super thumbs to him It's been an absolute pleasure dealing with him.
My first shaves have not been that good. Not helping was me trying to just use a bunch of youtube videos to help me out, though Larry advised against it. There are many variables that only the "youtube user" gets right. Also not helping was my donkey thick whiskers which made my first few shaves an absolute nightmare. Also not helping was me not heeding Larry's advice - to try out only the cheek.
However, stupidity and foolhardiness comes naturally to me & I went ahead with shaving my whole face.
The razor burn that I experienced was unlike anything else. Made me want to jump in to a vat of moisturizer and oil. Anyways, today's shave was a bit better. Still looks like my shave was done 12 hours ago, but the amount of razor burn is comparatively lesser. I have two long scars which I hope will heal fine....I absolutely unequivocally love this experience.
I have even tried out a bit of scything on my face, but am still clueless about how to tackle my donkey thick whiskers. Hope to have that inspirational moment soon.
I have successfully managed to screw up my strop with a few cuts on it. Now I have half the length to work it. I'm hoping that I don't mess up the remaining half.
Thanks to Larry Andro of course!. Plus more thumbs up to Joel & Chimensch for their superb videos and a host of other people who have been extremely helpful during my brief stay on this board.