sinki
02-11-2012, 04:08 PM
Hi everyone! I should start by saying thank you already, since I've been lurking on these forums since I stumbled across the idea of wetshaving a couple of months ago. There's such a wealth of information on here, even for me! See, I'm probably a bit unusual around these parts as I'm a lady-type, and so looking for info about leg shaving.
I got interested in traditional shaving both because I'm a cheapskate (so didn't like cartridge razors) and a treehugging hippie (not fond of throwing all those disposables into landfill), and so started researching my options.
So far I've set myself up with a Super Speed (1952?) I found on ebay, some Dorco blades, a crappy, moulting boar brush (my brother's cast-off) and my Dad's gel-in-a-can (though I have some KMF shave cream on the way).
I had my first try yesterday, with OK results. My goal was to just go very easy and aim not to slice up my knees or ankles. I only did one ATG pass, with no nicks or slices but it was hardly the closest shave of my life. Next time I think I need to be a little more bold.
My main problem seemed to be that I ran out of lather half way through. Turns out legs are a lot bigger than faces! My assumption was that I should just get a bigger bowl and use more product but would love some advice on this. Am I likely to have more success with bigger bowl/better brush combo and hoping that will last, or should I whip up a new batch for each leg? If I leave lather sitting there for a while (yesterday it took me about 25min to do both legs) will it affects its quality? Thanks all!
I got interested in traditional shaving both because I'm a cheapskate (so didn't like cartridge razors) and a treehugging hippie (not fond of throwing all those disposables into landfill), and so started researching my options.
So far I've set myself up with a Super Speed (1952?) I found on ebay, some Dorco blades, a crappy, moulting boar brush (my brother's cast-off) and my Dad's gel-in-a-can (though I have some KMF shave cream on the way).
I had my first try yesterday, with OK results. My goal was to just go very easy and aim not to slice up my knees or ankles. I only did one ATG pass, with no nicks or slices but it was hardly the closest shave of my life. Next time I think I need to be a little more bold.
My main problem seemed to be that I ran out of lather half way through. Turns out legs are a lot bigger than faces! My assumption was that I should just get a bigger bowl and use more product but would love some advice on this. Am I likely to have more success with bigger bowl/better brush combo and hoping that will last, or should I whip up a new batch for each leg? If I leave lather sitting there for a while (yesterday it took me about 25min to do both legs) will it affects its quality? Thanks all!