I tried an experiment...

[TimmyBoston]

Before I tried traditional wetshaving, I got my closest shaves with an electric, a Norelco to be precise, but I really didn't use it because my whiskers became so ingrown my face would break out like crazy. (So I just grew a beard instead )
So tonight after my shave I had a rough patch, just to the right of my chin along the jawline always a tough spot for me as the hair is very course and it grows at a sharp angle. Tonight one side was very smooth (the left) and the other a little rougher. It's now a few hours after my shave and I went over the rough spot with the Norelco to see how it fared. My face on the left side which I went over with my HD 4-5 Hours ago is smoother than the patch I went over with the Norelco 5 minutes ago. Needless to say, I'm impressed. Because honestly now that I've gotten into the ritual of traditional wetshaving I would continue even if the results were slightly inferior, just because I look forward to doing it everyday. But now since I did an honest comparison and DE shaving clearly won out I'm hooked for life.

I hope this story can shed some light on some of the doubts that other new members may be feeling.

Cheers and Shave well.

 

[Edcculus]

I'm not exactly having any doubts, I've been very sucessuflly shaving since I got my HD last week. I was thinking about doing a little "experiment" of my own, just for a comparison. That would be that maybe once I'm through letterk's sample pack (started with a Derby, now on an Isralei), I might try one day of an M3 and shave goo in a can. I know my shaves are much better now but I would be interested to see how much worse that is once I am better at a DS.

 

[jduffy]

Tim, I did similar tests as well and had the same results. It's funny but I never grew a beard because after a few days the itching just drove me nuts. I just suffered horrible shave after horrible shave.

Still don't know how I managed it but I could cut myself with an electric razor, and I was buying top of the line electrics as well. Also, the whiskers growing in would give me severe ingrown hairs which I would have to pull out with tweezers. Not fun.

My shave yesterday wasn't particularly close but my face still feels great. It's crazy what a good DE, blade, and some products can do for you.

 

[TimmyBoston]

Tim, I did similar tests as well and had the same results. It's funny but I never grew a beard because after a few days the itching just drove me nuts. I just suffered horrible shave after horrible shave.

Still don't know how I managed it but I could cut myself with an electric razor, and I was buying top of the line electrics as well. Also, the whiskers growing in would give me severe ingrown hairs which I would have to pull out with tweezers. Not fun.

My shave yesterday wasn't particularly close but my face still feels great. It's crazy what a good DE, blade, and some products can do for you.

Yeah, I wore a beard for over a year consecutively and if you added up all the time I've had one in the last 6-7 years it was at least half the time. I've also cut myself with an electric, too. No idea how, but I did it. Same thing with the tweezers. Everytime where my beard ended at my cheekbone, nothing but ingrown hair, it got so bad I even thought of having that area waxed just so it wouldn't break out every freakin' day.

 

[TimmyBoston]

I'm not exactly having any doubts, I've been very sucessuflly shaving since I got my HD last week. I was thinking about doing a little "experiment" of my own, just for a comparison. That would be that maybe once I'm through letterk's sample pack (started with a Derby, now on an Isralei), I might try one day of an M3 and shave goo in a can. I know my shaves are much better now but I would be interested to see how much worse that is once I am better at a DS.

Please post how your experiment with the with DE vs. The M3 and goo goes. For me, I always got closer with the electric, but I think for a lot of people that varies. I'd just like to know how that one goes as well.

 

[Edcculus]

I most definately will. It wont be for another few weeks though since I want to get through the letterk pack. I'm also not exactly relishing going back to an M3 and shave goo! Even for 1 shave.