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I had my first proper attempt at a straight shave this morning after getting the razors back from Neil.
It didn't go too badly at all but I did struggle with the light weight Peerless for the first pass, I was saving a couple of days of growth for this and we both struggled. Clearly my touch has to improve considerably to be able to use this razor properly. I thought I'd try the next pass with the shovel and it proved relatively easy to use. The additional heft and stiffness gave me a lot of confidence so once I found the angle I even managed a back handed ATG scrape on the neck. I did practice with this razor when it was blunt so that helped, I tidied up with a D.E on some missed bits but I'm fairly pleased. I enjoyed it.
In terms of stropping, how many strokes do you use for basic edge maintenance?
Original pics pre Miller
It didn't go too badly at all but I did struggle with the light weight Peerless for the first pass, I was saving a couple of days of growth for this and we both struggled. Clearly my touch has to improve considerably to be able to use this razor properly. I thought I'd try the next pass with the shovel and it proved relatively easy to use. The additional heft and stiffness gave me a lot of confidence so once I found the angle I even managed a back handed ATG scrape on the neck. I did practice with this razor when it was blunt so that helped, I tidied up with a D.E on some missed bits but I'm fairly pleased. I enjoyed it.
In terms of stropping, how many strokes do you use for basic edge maintenance?
Original pics pre Miller