What are your quirky shaving habits?

[Trex]

Is there any part of your routine that is silly and pointless? OCD habits? Superstitions?

[Uncle Brian]

I always run the razor head under hot water before making the first pass as I hate the feel of the cold metal on my skin.

[cessnabird]

I always shave the same way, same direction every shave. It feels odd to do things out of line. I also rinse and dry all my gear in the same order as well. I do have rhyme and reason to most of it though.

[Legion]

I've spent possibly thousands of dollars on shaving equipment. Pretty damn quirky.

[RABIDMONKEY]

I have a crock crockpot for hot towels in my walk in closet outside my shaveden/half bath

[Huckleberry Finn]

I'm relatively new to wet shaving and am still in the "experimental stage" trying out different things. It'll be a while before I find the right combination for me, but I've found that I am trying to go all Japanese with my shaving routine. Feather DE razor, Feather blades, Japanese cream, aftershave, balm, etc. I'll never be able to go 100% Japanese though. Don't think they make a badger brush...

[TnutsShave]

If I cut myself with any of my straights, I put them in the "shamebox". It's a big cardboard box with a humidifier in it....I like to think of it as waterboarding my straights. All transgressions are reconciled with swift retribution and such insolence will not be tolerated.

[Prof. Moriarty]

If I cut myself with any of my straights, I put them in the "shamebox". It's a big cardboard box with a humidifier in it....I like to think of it as waterboarding my straights. All transgressions are reconciled with swift retribution and such insolence will not be tolerated.

That gave me a good laugh

[Mad Man]

I enjoy the symmetry of a branded shave.

Example;

Proraso Pre, Soap/cream, AS. Even if I change the lather and get a superior shave result I still feel "wrong"

Call it CDO. It's like OCD but the letters are in alphabetical order...as they should be...

[Cheapogit]

That gave me a good laugh

You think it's a joke!? I wouldn't be so sure! (from what some things that people here do!)

[heybatter]

I enjoy the symmetry of a branded shave.

Example;

Proraso Pre, Soap/cream, AS. Even if I change the lather and get a superior shave result I still feel "wrong"

Call it CDO. It's like OCD but the letters are in alphabetical order...as they should be...

+1

[otto76]

Call it CDO. It's like OCD but the letters are in alphabetical order...as they should be...

Brilliant!

I use a pre-shave lotion. I don't think it's really necessary but I do it anyway.

[Cheapogit]

OCD habits?

OCD... No I definitely don't have it... I've checked 50 or 60 times, and I don't think I do...

Let me just check again...

My routine usually goes: Choose and prepare Hard&Software, Brush in soak, Face Wash (I never shave straight after shower), Proraso Preshave (but when I'm feeling radical I'll miss this out), Then Begin!... Only ever 2 passes, WTG and XTG (Though some places do get ATG, but not many). Light touch-up. rinse, little water in bowl to allow brush to dissolve remaining soap, then Alum/Styptic application (maybe aspirin paste application first), then cleanup begins... which has another routine (after which AS/ETD gets applied)... You want to hear any more?

[BrookR1]

I squawk at my parrot while shaving.

[fccexpert]

I ignore all the hoopla about shaving and just do it.

[dpmtherrien]

I get very nice shaves, but the one quirk I have is that I have to remove all the lather with the razor, even if its not on any whiskers.

[Cheapogit]

I have to make sure I have a blade in my razor... Tried it once without... not a great shave...

[TheVez2]

I use a 100 year old razor That's pretty quirky!

Seriously though, Shave the same directions, from the same starting point every time. I almost did it backwards the other day, and I stopped and thought "what am I doing?" Post shave is always witch hazel, then aftershave, ALWAYS! Are both necessary? Nope, but that's the way I do it.

[Mike H]

I like to follow a special routine, similar to Kyle's Prep, but different, I call it Mike's Prep...

[Ryan83]

Same here, as Uncle Brian. I run the razor under hot water, for the same reason.