Hello all,
Firstly thankgod I have come across this superb forum, had a quick read over other people posts so thought I shall sign up and give you a few Q's that hopefully you can help me out on.
Ok me & my new interest DE shaving came about a couple of months back after looking around for a classy razor as I like to own quality things and my fusion multi-blabe was not really cutting it in the bathroom cabinet! After doing a evening of You-Tubing around I was thinking OMG I have been missing out on all this and have to have a DE razor, badger brush etc etc so they quickly went on my Xmas list!! Then I guess most evenings upto xmas I was watching more and more videos, alot of geofatboys and a few others, and I was already looking into collection a few classics that I had found on eBay.
Ok xmas morning came, I had a lovely Edwin Jagger Chatsworth DE razor (very heavy solid piece, stunning quality) and also the matching Best Badger Brush, bowl etc etc, although my creams had not arrived so had to make do with some £2 supermarket cream that comes in a tube. But anyway today was the day I was looking forward to, my 1st shave with my new DE razor.
I preppped my face just like in the videos, although I have always (well I thought) been a dab hand at shaving with my old razor, hot shower, followed by a hot face towel, repeated for 3/4 times, made a lather up with my cheapo cream, got it nice and thick with nice peaks, got a nice cover on my face and started to use my DE razor which was fitted with a israeli blade I belive (white box,black design on box)
First pass DTG it felt ok but not as smooth as my old razor and felt like not much whisker was coming off, anyway I carried on and completed the 1st pass. re lather and across the grain 2nd pass, felt a bit better but not brilliant, and 3rd pass ATG was nasty and pulling alot, never happened to me before as bad as this with multi's. Always been able to get a good shave with no burn or cuts, maybe a touch (1 or 2 small lumps) of burn on the neck area if I shave daily but not that bad.
Ok after the shave I used a Alum bar and it hurt like hell!!! Applied a bit of proraso after shave sooth cream, but now my face is terrible, lots and lots of hot burn to my chin area, side of my mouth and my neck either side of my adams apple is nasty, this is not how I have had shaves before and it has got me a tad down in the dumps as I was so so looking forward to making this change away from the expensive multis, but now I'm wishing I had not binned my multi!!
So guys my Q's are what have i been doing that bad to give myself such a raw shave that felt horrid and burns like hell, I used the weight of the razor and no real force, I thought the angle I was using was ok, I never cut myself, just burn and lots of it!
Hopefully you can give me some pointers as I'm not giving in this easy! Could it be the blade? Is there a right and wrong way to put a blade in? I dunno hopefully you can offer me some pointers.
Thanks for reading and looking forward to chatting to you guys
Firstly thankgod I have come across this superb forum, had a quick read over other people posts so thought I shall sign up and give you a few Q's that hopefully you can help me out on.
Ok me & my new interest DE shaving came about a couple of months back after looking around for a classy razor as I like to own quality things and my fusion multi-blabe was not really cutting it in the bathroom cabinet! After doing a evening of You-Tubing around I was thinking OMG I have been missing out on all this and have to have a DE razor, badger brush etc etc so they quickly went on my Xmas list!! Then I guess most evenings upto xmas I was watching more and more videos, alot of geofatboys and a few others, and I was already looking into collection a few classics that I had found on eBay.
Ok xmas morning came, I had a lovely Edwin Jagger Chatsworth DE razor (very heavy solid piece, stunning quality) and also the matching Best Badger Brush, bowl etc etc, although my creams had not arrived so had to make do with some £2 supermarket cream that comes in a tube. But anyway today was the day I was looking forward to, my 1st shave with my new DE razor.
I preppped my face just like in the videos, although I have always (well I thought) been a dab hand at shaving with my old razor, hot shower, followed by a hot face towel, repeated for 3/4 times, made a lather up with my cheapo cream, got it nice and thick with nice peaks, got a nice cover on my face and started to use my DE razor which was fitted with a israeli blade I belive (white box,black design on box)
First pass DTG it felt ok but not as smooth as my old razor and felt like not much whisker was coming off, anyway I carried on and completed the 1st pass. re lather and across the grain 2nd pass, felt a bit better but not brilliant, and 3rd pass ATG was nasty and pulling alot, never happened to me before as bad as this with multi's. Always been able to get a good shave with no burn or cuts, maybe a touch (1 or 2 small lumps) of burn on the neck area if I shave daily but not that bad.
Ok after the shave I used a Alum bar and it hurt like hell!!! Applied a bit of proraso after shave sooth cream, but now my face is terrible, lots and lots of hot burn to my chin area, side of my mouth and my neck either side of my adams apple is nasty, this is not how I have had shaves before and it has got me a tad down in the dumps as I was so so looking forward to making this change away from the expensive multis, but now I'm wishing I had not binned my multi!!
So guys my Q's are what have i been doing that bad to give myself such a raw shave that felt horrid and burns like hell, I used the weight of the razor and no real force, I thought the angle I was using was ok, I never cut myself, just burn and lots of it!
Hopefully you can give me some pointers as I'm not giving in this easy! Could it be the blade? Is there a right and wrong way to put a blade in? I dunno hopefully you can offer me some pointers.
Thanks for reading and looking forward to chatting to you guys