Well - tonight's shave was a game of two halves. My third go with the straight and managed to do a complete shave with the feather tonight. It took a while and its not enormously close (far from it in places) but I did it all. However, just as I was about to try to touch up the right hand side I managed to cut myself with the razor at the top of my cheek when I was getting into position, wasn't even shaving at that point Grrrrrr but at least it won't actually interfere with future shaves as its right at the top of my cheek. Anything that happens seems to happen on that side of my face at the moment, I'm just not used to using that arm to do anything this intricate, but I will defiantly persevere. Alum block brought the cut under control eventually and there is a small sense of achievement there as I've managed to shave all my beard to a fashion. Rather than tidy up with the DE as I have been I'm going to see what it looks like during the day and only use the DE if I really have to.
I saw Ricks estimate of 3 months to get to a satisfactory level...well, thats 3 days down.
SOTD
Proraso Pre/Post (Old formula)
Feather Artist SS - Feather Pro blade (3)
Body Shop Maca Root shave cream with 2 drops of essential Tea Tree oil.
Neep #1214 Aztec - Leopard Skin Jasper
Alum Block
Witch hazel