Hello all.
My name is James I'm new here and new to the proper shave,.. picked up my first DE Dec 26 2011 and fell in love at first pass,... well so much so that i upped my game a bit infact most of that arrived today,.. i had some proraso soap and cream, and a col. conk but upped to a castle forbes cedar sandlewood, upped my walmart wilkinson syth brush to a kent blk4 and lol upped my DE to a *sigh* feather artist club rg ya know the one that looks like a butter knife,.. upped it all tonight
at once
still new,... just saying well i was so excited and am such an expert you know watching all the youtube videos and reading all the threads,..(which also means I'm ready for the UFC championship btw) i leaped right on in gung ho
which was mistake number one,... i received a few lessons tonight
1rst... just cause you can whip up great lather with one soap and brush doesn't mean you can do the same right away with a different combination
2nd failing to whip up proper lather doesn't mean you should continue anyway cause "im sure its fine" and i want to get right to that new blade
3rd just cause the first inch long stroke went okay doesn't mean you can swipe away at a greyhounds pace
4th feather ac blade are really sharp,.. really sharp
5th,.. really sharp
and finally a styptic pencil can only do so much,... for future reference one shall practice his technique a bit more and make sure things are done right before such butchery occours again,.... that being said i love my new stuff and cant wait to have another go once the hair stops being afriad and comes back (btw when one is bleeding rather badly after using a DE for a few months it is not wise to load up and old fusion and hurry up before the drippings reach your chin as your face no longer accomidates such a shave !!! lesson learned
Promise
P.S. feather ac blades are really really sharp,... Just saying
My name is James I'm new here and new to the proper shave,.. picked up my first DE Dec 26 2011 and fell in love at first pass,... well so much so that i upped my game a bit infact most of that arrived today,.. i had some proraso soap and cream, and a col. conk but upped to a castle forbes cedar sandlewood, upped my walmart wilkinson syth brush to a kent blk4 and lol upped my DE to a *sigh* feather artist club rg ya know the one that looks like a butter knife,.. upped it all tonight
at once
still new,... just saying well i was so excited and am such an expert you know watching all the youtube videos and reading all the threads,..(which also means I'm ready for the UFC championship btw) i leaped right on in gung ho
which was mistake number one,... i received a few lessons tonight
1rst... just cause you can whip up great lather with one soap and brush doesn't mean you can do the same right away with a different combination
2nd failing to whip up proper lather doesn't mean you should continue anyway cause "im sure its fine" and i want to get right to that new blade
3rd just cause the first inch long stroke went okay doesn't mean you can swipe away at a greyhounds pace
4th feather ac blade are really sharp,.. really sharp
5th,.. really sharp
and finally a styptic pencil can only do so much,... for future reference one shall practice his technique a bit more and make sure things are done right before such butchery occours again,.... that being said i love my new stuff and cant wait to have another go once the hair stops being afriad and comes back (btw when one is bleeding rather badly after using a DE for a few months it is not wise to load up and old fusion and hurry up before the drippings reach your chin as your face no longer accomidates such a shave !!! lesson learned
Promise
P.S. feather ac blades are really really sharp,... Just saying
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