It's occurred to me for quite a while now that there are things I do in shaving that work for me that I would never recommend to a newcomer. I just bypass talking about them for fear of muddying the waters of helpful advice. I remember how irritated I became when an experienced shaver recommended ATG first passes to everyone, and felt he had set wet shaving back at least a decade.
Having said that, I am now reporting that I've never mapped my beard growth. I'm not even curious. In my early readings, I read about method shaving and found the forms easy to follow, and more or less adapted them so they work for me and my usual four-pass shave routine. I get BBS shaves almost every time with no nicks or irritation, but I would never recommend it to anyone. It just seems to work, perhaps by accident.
Do you do things that fly in the face of conventional wisdom? Things that work for you but you would hesitate to recommend to a newcomer? I'm curious...
Codfish
Having said that, I am now reporting that I've never mapped my beard growth. I'm not even curious. In my early readings, I read about method shaving and found the forms easy to follow, and more or less adapted them so they work for me and my usual four-pass shave routine. I get BBS shaves almost every time with no nicks or irritation, but I would never recommend it to anyone. It just seems to work, perhaps by accident.
Do you do things that fly in the face of conventional wisdom? Things that work for you but you would hesitate to recommend to a newcomer? I'm curious...
Codfish