re: Just ordered my first DE shaving kit. Advice and tips are appreciated.

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Respectfully, Doc, this is hogwash.

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In my defense, that line refers to a single, WTG pass. I said you can get much closer with a three-pass. I guess I should clarify the rest since it's a little ambiguous: I was very disheartened in the beginning about how Un-close the shave seemed. My technique was poor. At this point, I come out as smooth as I have with any cartridge. Better/closer would be pushing it- I always got darn close with those cartridges with minor irritation. I save a ton of time whipping through it with a DE blade. As to the comment about the overestimating the thickness, I'm actually in the reverse category- I never considered my beard was full/thick, given its rather patchy appearance, but given its ability to plug up a multi-blade razor in a hurry, require multiple passes from a multi blade for best results, pulling/tugging with duller (per online reviews/relative scales) blades, I've determined it's actually somewhat on the "thicker" side. Which is a damn shame, because it sure as hell grows in ugly after about Day 3.