That my new jar of Krampert's Frostbite Shave Soap is a winner.
What did you learn from your last shave?
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I learned that when you have a cold and the upper lip and nose is red/irritated to begin with, not to try too much passes in that area trying to get it too smooth! Had to put a little ASB on that area but it did go away pretty quick! Lucky!
Darn colds! They can mess up shaving! It was a great shave anyway!
Darn colds! They can mess up shaving! It was a great shave anyway!
I learned today that Astra blades and me are a pretty good mix, feather no way, Derby so so, gillette 7 o'clock green so so but Astra definite yes.
it was a lovely shave, BBS and no irritation, just 2 passes and some touch ups and the job was a good 'un
it was a lovely shave, BBS and no irritation, just 2 passes and some touch ups and the job was a good 'un
That an all Speick shave is hard to beat
Even a single-pass quickie shave is better than being (even semi-) scruffy with stubble.
Turning the bathroom fan off and listening to the sound of how a razor is shaving helps me find the right angle. Or at least closer to that than if the fan was still on . . .
A Merkur 39c slant shaves very nicely (and easily) with 2 passes, if I remember to let the weight of the razor do all of the work.
A Merkur 39c slant shaves very nicely (and easily) with 2 passes, if I remember to let the weight of the razor do all of the work.
Using a bowl to lather that has ridges, rather than a smooth bowl makes a heck of a difference in the ease that you can whip up a lather. Have used the cheap salsa bowls with rough interior surface, the smooth stainless dog dish, a handmade ceramic bowl with some imperfections adding texture, a ceramic soup bowl with some texture that looks like a shaving bowl and another disk that looks like a grapefruit - complete with a textured exterior to seem like a grapefruit skin and on the inside 8 lines that are raised like the segments of a grapefruit. Wow, did I create some lather in a very quick time in that new bowl.
My favorite razor is a Neillite 400. It is a bakelite razor with an aggressive and mild side. I've exclusively used the aggressive side. I realized today that if I take a little longer with the mild side under my nose and around my mole under my mouth that I get almost as close of a shave with significantly less irritation.
I need to use more product next time.
That stretching for a 5th shave on that Bic Chrome Platinum was not a good idea. I've got 4 great shaves from that blade, but the 5th one left me with irritated skin.
I learned that vdh deluxe world much better for me than vdh luxury.
I like my lather thick ~ be it a cream or soap, thick lather makes a more comfy shave for me...
I have realised the imprtance of using enough water during lathering. Also i will load more lather with brush.
Boar brush for hard soap is a better choice, i think.
Boar brush for hard soap is a better choice, i think.
No matter how confident I feel, rushing thru the shaving ritual will always have unfortunate consequences.
That I'm now going to solely shave with Cella in homemade stick form. That shave was incredible...
Complacency is my enemy, especially when my DE razor is loaded with a Feather.
Ditto
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