It's my Wife's Fault!!!

**rosborne** · 02-09-2010, 06:58 AM

Greetings everyone, a newbie from Kentucky here. My adventure to here begins with this past Christmas, my wife purchased a VHD shave soap as a stocking stuffer, thinking it was to wash your face with prior to shaving. I explained that it was to use with a shave brush in place of shaving gel or canned shave cream, but that I had always wanted to try it. (I really did want to try it.) So I went out, bought the inexpensive shave brush to match and tried it out.

I forget where I first heard how to get a lather but I tried it and couldn't get a good one if my life depended on it so I searched the Internet for some advice and found it here. Afterwards, worked up a great lather and was hooked by the feel of the warm lather and the challenge of creating it.

Now, I waiting for my first DE to arrive. I ordered an EJ DE89L. Any advice with this razor would be greatly appreciated. Seemed to be a quality razor and a good one for both learner and the experienced. I also considered a Merkur 38C HD and still have it in my sights. Oh, I also ordered some Tabac shave soap to try. Next, I'm thinking of trying the Mitchell's Wool Fat.

I thought after my time in the Marine Corps and several inspections, I had shaving down to an art, only to find that there was an whole new arsenal of tools I could use to improve the experience of shaving.

I am definetly hooked Gentlemen and it's all my Wife's fault!

**blackfoot** · 02-09-2010, 07:09 AM

Welcome to B&B. Enjoy the AD's that are already rearing their beautiful head.

**paranoid_android** · 02-09-2010, 07:18 AM

Welcome to B&B!

**Barbash** · 02-09-2010, 07:24 AM

Welcome to B&B

**mrbear** · 02-09-2010, 07:31 AM

Welcome to the forum!

Enjoy your shaves!!

**valmara1971** · 02-09-2010, 07:38 AM

Welcome to B&B brother don't forget to post in the vetrans thread to get your vetran tag, you earned it so wear it with pride.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...hlight=vetrans

**drburt** · 02-09-2010, 07:40 AM

Welcome to the group.
I think you will enjoy the Jagger DE89L. I love mine. It is a three piece, so be a little careful putting in blades. Be careful about the angle of the blade. Use next to no pressure.
Good luck
Burt

**dpmtherrien** · 02-09-2010, 07:41 AM

Welcome to B&B.

**JPM** · 02-09-2010, 08:47 AM

Welcome aboard!

**brianw** · 02-09-2010, 10:30 AM

Welcome to the sunny side of the street

**Geordon** · 02-09-2010, 10:36 AM

Welcome aboard! Tabac's scent is one of the most polarizing topics on the board, but seems to get universal praise for lathering. I happen to like MWF myself. Check out the wiki article on abbreviations when you have time.

Remember, when the ADs hit, you can blame it on SWMBO. Lucky you.

**moodymick** · 02-09-2010, 10:48 AM

Welcome! And when you're ready for it, the 38C is a quality piece of kit.

**openhelix** · 02-09-2010, 10:56 AM

Welcome aboard. The EJ 89L is great... and my personal favorite as well.

**DESkydiver** · 02-09-2010, 11:58 AM

Welcome to B&B... You should enjoy your EJ DE89L. I know I like mine very much. I have found to to be a very comfortable shave, not very aggressive. Just remember to reduce, not eliminate. I usually wait for weekends to do my best BBS shaves (changing blades on Sunday morning), and only 2 passes (WTG & XTG) during the workday routine.

**bulldog** · 02-09-2010, 12:03 PM

Cheers to your wife. Mine did similar. "Quit tearing up your face." She did a bit o' research and here I am.

Welcome,
Nate.

**DFrancis** · 02-09-2010, 12:24 PM

Welcome,

Your kit looks good, prepare to get carried away.

**titan_021** · 02-09-2010, 12:25 PM

Welcome!

**NickCutlip** · 02-09-2010, 12:41 PM

Welcome to B&B !!

**agent005** · 02-09-2010, 02:13 PM

Welcome fellow Kentuckian!

**SecretAsianMan** · 02-09-2010, 02:42 PM

Hah!

my S/O did the same thing! She told me my stubble hurt her chin and asked me to start shaving every day. I looked online for a cheaper, more effective method, and here I am, three razors, 9 aftershaves, and 9 soaps/creams in!