I've never had a BBS shave, but I also have never experienced razor burn. I've read some guides, including The Wanderers Guide To DE Shaving . If I follow the rules, I get a really poor shave. If I do a whole lot of passes, including many ATG, the shave is decent, but I can still feel and hear the whiskers if I rub a finger ATG. Doing so many passes, I skip re-lathering inbetween each one. Sometimes I use featherlight pressure; sometimes, just to see, I use pressure, and it doesn't seem to have any negative effect. I don't use any aftershave. From what I've read, the purpose is to soothe irritation, of which I have none, so I don't see the point.
I've taken advice from replies to my previous post and spent more time paying attention to the angle that I'm using. It does seem to help, but a single pass still gives unacceptable results. I only stop doing more passes because I'm getting tired of shaving.
I've been shaving directly after showering, then using a brush and soap or cream.
The razor is a Weishi (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PKHIDRA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and I've been using a sample pack of blades. I've used the ones the razor came with, Gilette, and Shark. Shark might be the best I've used so far, or it's just the most recent.
I don't want to dump a bunch of money into buying a collection of razors if I'm not getting any better results than a cheap disposable, but could it be that I need a more aggressive razor? Is there something else simple that I'm not doing? I was under the impression that a lot of rules were there to protect people's faces. Not that razor burn or weepers should be a goal, but if I'm not getting that even when using poor technique, what does that mean?
I've taken advice from replies to my previous post and spent more time paying attention to the angle that I'm using. It does seem to help, but a single pass still gives unacceptable results. I only stop doing more passes because I'm getting tired of shaving.
I've been shaving directly after showering, then using a brush and soap or cream.
The razor is a Weishi (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PKHIDRA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and I've been using a sample pack of blades. I've used the ones the razor came with, Gilette, and Shark. Shark might be the best I've used so far, or it's just the most recent.
I don't want to dump a bunch of money into buying a collection of razors if I'm not getting any better results than a cheap disposable, but could it be that I need a more aggressive razor? Is there something else simple that I'm not doing? I was under the impression that a lot of rules were there to protect people's faces. Not that razor burn or weepers should be a goal, but if I'm not getting that even when using poor technique, what does that mean?