Feather Artist SS arrived today and I'm keen to start learning with a straight. Done a lot of reading and watching of videos to get the theory down, now I need technique. I've been following a few people who have recently started, notably Avenger2000 who has a thread of his progress of his daily shaves with a straight and he still seem to be alive so…here we go.
After a bit of a dummy run with no blade in to get the lay of the land a bit on how to hold it and using it on both sides of my face I lathered up and inserted a blade into her and tentatively had a go at shaving my cheek area, nice and flat, no need to pull skin tight and I got away clean….very clean. I called it quits for today (got a meeting tomorrow and can't be turning up looking like Sweeny Todds practice dummy) but I just had to have a go. Finished up my shave with some more familiar hardware but I'm intrigued at the results of my first stumbling limited efforts with a straight.
Anyway, my SOTD
Hot towel
Feather ‘artist' SS, Pro blade (1)
Proraso White - new formula
Muhle Silvertip fibre 21mm
A drink and a bit of a lie down - then
Ikon S3S
Astra SP (1)
Clinique post shave beard reduction formula
Witch hazel