boogs61
04-16-2010, 04:13 PM
So I'm 33 and have been shaving with an electric razor my whole life, and started being unhappy with the electric the 2nd day. I have had neck irritation since I started shaving way back when. Wet shaving didnt even enter my vocabulary and I like most young people had no idea what DE shaving was. Razor shaving always seemed so scary and why would I do it if my dad didnt do it.
A couple of weeks ago I felt like what the hell and decided to give my wifes Mach 3 a whirl. I got to say it was way easier than I thought. I put on just a bit of her shave gel, after all I thought who needs this stuff really, it just makes the razor move smoother. I had no idea of lather importance and I am now enlightening her to the importance, after reading all of the B&B posts.
She kept on saying, go to you tube and watch a video about shaving.
So I did, typed how to shave and up came Mark Gauvreau's video (thank you Mark if you are out there). and thanks for reccommending Cade balm by l'occitane (btw I think you are pronouncing l'occitane way wrong, took me a while to decipher what you were saying) Love that stuff so far!
I was blown away by the DE razor, who wouldve thought these old fashioned things work so good.
Then I stumbled upon Mantic59's video library of shaving wealth. Thank you too Mantic. I swear these two guys should get kickbacks from Merkur. How many people have bought Merkurs just because its what they use? Tons Im sure.
Mantic mentioned the B&B forum and I thought, are you kidding, a shaving forum.
But seriously, this forum has so much great info, I love it. I have been addicted to it for the past two weeks as I decided what stuff to buy. I also cant believe that there are many times 400+ people on this forum Amazing!
You forum guys are so helpful.
So I decided to buy a Merkur Progress, a sample pack of blades, and the 27$ eshave lavendar kit with badger brush from West Coast Shaving. I also picked up a tube of Bigelow cream.
After waiting an anxious week,my package arrived today.
I did my first practice lather with the bigelow and was disappointed with the lather I produced, I'm sure it was user error.
I then tried the eshave Lavender cream and it lathered up much nicer!
So popped in the shower, got out and used the eshave preoil and started lathering up some of their cream. My first funny shaving moment was as I was putting on the lather which seemed to multiply on my face and I got it in my nose. Tried to breath and I started sucking some foam up my nose. Not enjoyable. Let the lather sit a bit and then to my progress set to a 3 with derby blades. BTW that razor is so much heavier than I thought it would be.
So I got started and I have to say it seemed much easier than I thought it would be. I would say I got a cross between a BBS and a CCS. (check me out using those abbreviations already!) I do have to say I dont have heavy/thick stubble by any means. I went WTG and did a little XTG on the chin. Did three passes. Shaving around my adams apple was much easier than I thought. With the mach 3 the chin and adams apple area give me problems and is a bit scary to do. With my Merkur my neck was easy and the chin wasnt so bad at all, but still needed to do some XTG.
I have to say, way impressed! I feel like this was the best shave of my life and it was my first DE shave! I would say 10 times better than an electric shave and 3 times better than a Mach 3 shave.
Over the past 3 weeks of Mach 3 shaving I just got a few nicks here and there. Today I got three little ones on my chin and a little group by my adams apple. They were small though, but this was the first time using a styptic pencil actually stung. I had visions of cutting a big slice off my cheek or chin.
Overall, much easier than I thought and it is the best shave of my life. I cant stop touching my facing and smiling and saying to my wife "you wanna touch my BBS"
I know you guys say to do WTG for a month, yeah I doubt that will happen, but I will try.
A question is, how long should I test blades out for and should I stick with the same product and not experiment until I am proficient with shaving and have figured out my blade choice?
I'm sure my next razor purchase will be a fat boy (anyone got a good deal for a newbie?)
The thought of an old razor is pretty cool, and I know this is how I will be shaving for the rest of my life. And I never thought I would say that I have actually been enjoying shaving since starting wet shaving, even with the Mach 3.
Thanks again for the wealth of shaving knowledge!
Your new addicted DE shaver and B&B reader and newest real man
Matt
oh yeah and that cool silver metal case by Muhle is on the way. Got it on smallflower.com for 30$ shipped. It said it would take 4-6 weeks but was shipped in 3 days.
http://www.smallflower.com/muehle/metal-case-for-traditional-style-double-edged-razor-razor.html
A couple of weeks ago I felt like what the hell and decided to give my wifes Mach 3 a whirl. I got to say it was way easier than I thought. I put on just a bit of her shave gel, after all I thought who needs this stuff really, it just makes the razor move smoother. I had no idea of lather importance and I am now enlightening her to the importance, after reading all of the B&B posts.
She kept on saying, go to you tube and watch a video about shaving.
So I did, typed how to shave and up came Mark Gauvreau's video (thank you Mark if you are out there). and thanks for reccommending Cade balm by l'occitane (btw I think you are pronouncing l'occitane way wrong, took me a while to decipher what you were saying) Love that stuff so far!
I was blown away by the DE razor, who wouldve thought these old fashioned things work so good.
Then I stumbled upon Mantic59's video library of shaving wealth. Thank you too Mantic. I swear these two guys should get kickbacks from Merkur. How many people have bought Merkurs just because its what they use? Tons Im sure.
Mantic mentioned the B&B forum and I thought, are you kidding, a shaving forum.
But seriously, this forum has so much great info, I love it. I have been addicted to it for the past two weeks as I decided what stuff to buy. I also cant believe that there are many times 400+ people on this forum Amazing!
You forum guys are so helpful.
So I decided to buy a Merkur Progress, a sample pack of blades, and the 27$ eshave lavendar kit with badger brush from West Coast Shaving. I also picked up a tube of Bigelow cream.
After waiting an anxious week,my package arrived today.
I did my first practice lather with the bigelow and was disappointed with the lather I produced, I'm sure it was user error.
I then tried the eshave Lavender cream and it lathered up much nicer!
So popped in the shower, got out and used the eshave preoil and started lathering up some of their cream. My first funny shaving moment was as I was putting on the lather which seemed to multiply on my face and I got it in my nose. Tried to breath and I started sucking some foam up my nose. Not enjoyable. Let the lather sit a bit and then to my progress set to a 3 with derby blades. BTW that razor is so much heavier than I thought it would be.
So I got started and I have to say it seemed much easier than I thought it would be. I would say I got a cross between a BBS and a CCS. (check me out using those abbreviations already!) I do have to say I dont have heavy/thick stubble by any means. I went WTG and did a little XTG on the chin. Did three passes. Shaving around my adams apple was much easier than I thought. With the mach 3 the chin and adams apple area give me problems and is a bit scary to do. With my Merkur my neck was easy and the chin wasnt so bad at all, but still needed to do some XTG.
I have to say, way impressed! I feel like this was the best shave of my life and it was my first DE shave! I would say 10 times better than an electric shave and 3 times better than a Mach 3 shave.
Over the past 3 weeks of Mach 3 shaving I just got a few nicks here and there. Today I got three little ones on my chin and a little group by my adams apple. They were small though, but this was the first time using a styptic pencil actually stung. I had visions of cutting a big slice off my cheek or chin.
Overall, much easier than I thought and it is the best shave of my life. I cant stop touching my facing and smiling and saying to my wife "you wanna touch my BBS"
I know you guys say to do WTG for a month, yeah I doubt that will happen, but I will try.
A question is, how long should I test blades out for and should I stick with the same product and not experiment until I am proficient with shaving and have figured out my blade choice?
I'm sure my next razor purchase will be a fat boy (anyone got a good deal for a newbie?)
The thought of an old razor is pretty cool, and I know this is how I will be shaving for the rest of my life. And I never thought I would say that I have actually been enjoying shaving since starting wet shaving, even with the Mach 3.
Thanks again for the wealth of shaving knowledge!
Your new addicted DE shaver and B&B reader and newest real man
Matt
oh yeah and that cool silver metal case by Muhle is on the way. Got it on smallflower.com for 30$ shipped. It said it would take 4-6 weeks but was shipped in 3 days.
http://www.smallflower.com/muehle/metal-case-for-traditional-style-double-edged-razor-razor.html