Pretty self-explanatory title.
My old shaving technique and gear was extremely amateur. I think a Mach 3 was one of my first razors. It was mailed to me for free. I was later mailed a Shick Quattro or something similar for free. And then I managed to score a Fusion Proglide for free. Think I even got a 4-pk of cartridges for it for dirt cheap, too.
My technique consisted of nothing more than hot water and *only* going ATG. I was kinda irritable, but not really. It worked OK.
But now that I'm jumping into DEs, and particularly open comb DEs.... some type of lather is neessary, and since my skin is so "primed" for shaving ATG, I'm able to use my Gillette Old type in pretty much one pass... with a very satisfying sound of facial hair being eradicated below the skin.
Am I a freak? Or are there others like me who shave ATG on first and only pass?? If so, what razor, blades, lather, etc. do you use?
(My college roommate from many years back relayed a message to me from his grandfather... "once you pick a direction (ATG or WTG), you stick with it until you die". For kicks, I remember trying to go WTG, and it burned like hell. Never again!!! I don't see too many people on here who go less than 3 passes, tho... and they're typically in 3 different directions (WTG, XTG, & ATG). Craziness!!)
My old shaving technique and gear was extremely amateur. I think a Mach 3 was one of my first razors. It was mailed to me for free. I was later mailed a Shick Quattro or something similar for free. And then I managed to score a Fusion Proglide for free. Think I even got a 4-pk of cartridges for it for dirt cheap, too.
My technique consisted of nothing more than hot water and *only* going ATG. I was kinda irritable, but not really. It worked OK.
But now that I'm jumping into DEs, and particularly open comb DEs.... some type of lather is neessary, and since my skin is so "primed" for shaving ATG, I'm able to use my Gillette Old type in pretty much one pass... with a very satisfying sound of facial hair being eradicated below the skin.
Am I a freak? Or are there others like me who shave ATG on first and only pass?? If so, what razor, blades, lather, etc. do you use?
(My college roommate from many years back relayed a message to me from his grandfather... "once you pick a direction (ATG or WTG), you stick with it until you die". For kicks, I remember trying to go WTG, and it burned like hell. Never again!!! I don't see too many people on here who go less than 3 passes, tho... and they're typically in 3 different directions (WTG, XTG, & ATG). Craziness!!)