connoisseur2
03-02-2012, 12:17 PM
Hi all
So this is the tale of my first DE shave. I've been a regular Mach 3 user for a decade and know the ropes of wet shaving mostly thanks to this forum and /r/wicked_edge. My dad has been rocking a short boxed beard since forever so no help there. I've probably watched every mantic59 video there is at least twice to make up for that paternal oversight. I felt ready.
Face lathering went smoothly (thanks to this thread (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/40745-Face-lathering-tutorial-another-way-to-a-great-shave%21)) using TOBS Sandalwood and Mühle pure badger K3 brush, although I now wish I had sprung for a softer brush. So I plug a Derby Extra blade into my Merkur 23C razor and have at it. Half way through the first pass I'm like "hmm that's weird, I don't recall applying aftershave". Aaargh it burns! :blushing: No nicks or cuts though. I'm just glad I had a celebratory pint before the shave.
All in all it was a decent first shave, but I am looking forward to becoming better at consistently angling the blade. From what I read, a lot of people have had problems with Derby Extra lately so maybe it's a bad pack. Gonna try my luck with corking it and applying less preassure, but if that doesn't pan I have a pack of Astra SP blades ready. Thanks for all your great advice B&B.
So this is the tale of my first DE shave. I've been a regular Mach 3 user for a decade and know the ropes of wet shaving mostly thanks to this forum and /r/wicked_edge. My dad has been rocking a short boxed beard since forever so no help there. I've probably watched every mantic59 video there is at least twice to make up for that paternal oversight. I felt ready.
Face lathering went smoothly (thanks to this thread (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/40745-Face-lathering-tutorial-another-way-to-a-great-shave%21)) using TOBS Sandalwood and Mühle pure badger K3 brush, although I now wish I had sprung for a softer brush. So I plug a Derby Extra blade into my Merkur 23C razor and have at it. Half way through the first pass I'm like "hmm that's weird, I don't recall applying aftershave". Aaargh it burns! :blushing: No nicks or cuts though. I'm just glad I had a celebratory pint before the shave.
All in all it was a decent first shave, but I am looking forward to becoming better at consistently angling the blade. From what I read, a lot of people have had problems with Derby Extra lately so maybe it's a bad pack. Gonna try my luck with corking it and applying less preassure, but if that doesn't pan I have a pack of Astra SP blades ready. Thanks for all your great advice B&B.