Okay so after too many years of multi-bladed shaving, I have been wanting to go over to the Wet Shaving team. I have heard all these years of how great of a shave it is. So I dove in. I have been doing a hybrid kind of thing for the last few years. Wet shaving with a cartridge type razor. I have been using a Badger brush and shave soap for the economics. I had to offset the raping fee charged for the cartridge refills.
Any way, I had done a lot of research and decided I would go with a Merkur 34C razor and try out a few different blades (Feather & Personna). I even watched a bunch of Mantic's videos on Youtube.
While the actual blade part cuts right through the hair like a hot knife through butter, I end up with a bunch of nicks everywhere. Especially around the lower neck, upper lips, and near the jaw line (just above it actually). You may be thinking I am pushing to hard. I am letting the weight of the razor head do all the work.
I just finished shaving with 3 passes. I used MWF soap. I have done all the steps necessary. I have all the right gear. Yet my face hurts to the touch.
I have achieved somewhere between BBS and a DFS.
Why is my face hurting and why all the nicks? What is going on? I am certainly not ready to give up. But, I want the enjoyable part of wet shaving everyone is always talking about.
Good God, it looks like I sat under a UV lamp with SPF 1000 on my face except for where I shaved. If you held a lobster up to my face you would no longer be able to see it, my face is so red.
Any way, I had done a lot of research and decided I would go with a Merkur 34C razor and try out a few different blades (Feather & Personna). I even watched a bunch of Mantic's videos on Youtube.
While the actual blade part cuts right through the hair like a hot knife through butter, I end up with a bunch of nicks everywhere. Especially around the lower neck, upper lips, and near the jaw line (just above it actually). You may be thinking I am pushing to hard. I am letting the weight of the razor head do all the work.
I just finished shaving with 3 passes. I used MWF soap. I have done all the steps necessary. I have all the right gear. Yet my face hurts to the touch.
I have achieved somewhere between BBS and a DFS.
Why is my face hurting and why all the nicks? What is going on? I am certainly not ready to give up. But, I want the enjoyable part of wet shaving everyone is always talking about.
Good God, it looks like I sat under a UV lamp with SPF 1000 on my face except for where I shaved. If you held a lobster up to my face you would no longer be able to see it, my face is so red.
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