I tried shaving with a straight for the first time today. one of these days I'll get around to posting a pic of it since Joe Chandler re-scaled it for me.
Anyway - no blood at all. Not even a little bit. Did the whole face, too. I'll admit, I did one touch-up pass on my neck with my Progress, but my cheeck and chin are possibly the smoothest they've ever been. My face wound up slightly more irritated than normal, but no redness - just a little extra sting from the Aqua Velva today.
I'll have to do some adjusting, though, as a lather that would have been great for a DE shave was actually a little thick for the straight razor. At times it almost felt like suction was sticking the blade to my face - that might be a lather adjustment or a blade angle adjustment - I'll have to experiment.
Anyway - no blood at all. Not even a little bit. Did the whole face, too. I'll admit, I did one touch-up pass on my neck with my Progress, but my cheeck and chin are possibly the smoothest they've ever been. My face wound up slightly more irritated than normal, but no redness - just a little extra sting from the Aqua Velva today.
I'll have to do some adjusting, though, as a lather that would have been great for a DE shave was actually a little thick for the straight razor. At times it almost felt like suction was sticking the blade to my face - that might be a lather adjustment or a blade angle adjustment - I'll have to experiment.