First shave with parker shavette

**mtho68** · 04-27-2012, 08:53 PM

Hey B&B,

Well I just got my Parker shavette today and just finished my first shave with it. I ended up going with two WTG passes to be on the cautious side. Ahhh the sweet sting of the styptic pen haha. overall the shave went fairly well, no it wasn't as close as a shave with my safety but it worked. one plus is that it actually worked better for my problem area, the right side of my adam's apple, so that was fun to not have issues there. I feel this is due to better the maneuverability/precision i felt in this area.

I ended up with 2 tiny nicks that weren't much to speak of and 1 pretty nice cut on my left sideburn area...all of these happened while trying to use my left hand (im a righty if you can't guess) I found that i favor using a straight handle, like the japanese straight, with my right hand for the left side of my face...obviously this is just the first of many so i'll try things out but for now that was a preference.

Also i noticed i actually had trouble with the side burn areas, my bear paw hands got in the way and i couldn't see a thing. Does anybody have any advice for this area? I'll go back to videos and observe what others do.

luckily it's the weekend now and i can let my face heal, also being a college student i don't have much necessity to shave everyday so i'm hoping that will help give my skin repair times in between my newb shaves.

lastly it was also my first time using TOBS lemon lime, normally i use c.o. bigelow, i found that it lathered quite nicely and i enjoyed the scent although it was a bit more soapy smelling that i would have preferred. also skin felt a little slicker with the TOBS. hopefully my lathering with this product will improve with more practice. One question about the TOBS, as far as consistency what should it look like? I live in hawaii and feel as thought it might be a little warm and gooier than i was expecting but that could be normal.

Thanks all for taking the time to read this and thanks B&B for abounding information on all shave related things

**Bluebriz** · 04-28-2012, 05:01 AM

TOBS lemon lime is one of my favourites, but I ended up giving it to my Dad last Christmas when I was visiting, because he was just crazy about it!

I had a Parker SR1 shavette for a while, and although it took me a week or two to get totally used to it, I was able to get fantastic shaves every time once I reached that point! There are a couple of videos on youtube if you do a quick search for shavette. My advice, take it slow, use a light touch, start with the blade flat against your face, and gradually raise the angle until the blade touches, then shave from there. You'll get there!

**mtho68** · 04-28-2012, 01:33 PM

Thanks bluebriz!
can you speak to the consistency of TOBS at all? i thought i read in the past that sometimes it separates and needs to be refrigerated but i can't remember if that was another cream.
Thanks for the advice, i already can't wait for the next shave

**dpmtherrien** · 04-28-2012, 03:15 PM

Congrats on the shave. The Parker's are one of the best lower priced shavettes out there. Once you get them down they'll give a very nice shave.

**mtho68** · 04-28-2012, 03:25 PM

Thanks! im looking forward to the day i get a good comfortable shave with it.

side note: showed my buddy it today and i think i may have a convert..he's coming from cartridges and wants to save money and have less irritation. should work as long as he doesn't develop an AD hahaha

**SkipH** · 04-28-2012, 09:08 PM

How do you keep from developing ADs?

**mtho68** · 04-28-2012, 09:28 PM

haha i have no idea...i just started and im already drooling over straights

**mtho68** · 04-29-2012, 12:54 AM

just a quick update

I had my second shave today and it went much smoother than the first. I had originally planned on giving a day in between my first couple shaves but my skin felt relatively well after the first and the razor was calling me.

lathered up with TOBS again..still unsure about the consistency...right now i could poor it out of the tub quite easily. i thought it was supposed to be a little denser.
ended up doing 2 WTG passes and a little extra work around the chin. no nicks or cuts today and i tried using my left hand again for my lower cheek area and it worked a little better this time. It was nice to not have to use the styptic or to really have any razor burn afterwards. Proraso pre and post shave cream always cools down my face though.

i guess if i keep updating i might just have to start a shave journal but we'll see, i might just save that for when i get the real straight

**Bluebriz** · 04-29-2012, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by mtho68

Thanks bluebriz!
can you speak to the consistency of TOBS at all? i thought i read in the past that sometimes it separates and needs to be refrigerated but i can't remember if that was another cream.
Thanks for the advice, i already can't wait for the next shave

Honestly I only used it a handful of times around Xmas and new year, and just really liked it. Easy to lather, wonderful mounds of thick, luxurious lather. My dad is still using the same tub and hasn't mentioned any issues with separation.