Another wetshaving n00b checking in!
Switched from electric to Mach 3 about 8 years ago, when a couple friends got them and raved. Found the shave quite comfortable and close actually (the electric was quick but tore up my face something awful). Got a Burma Shave brush a few years later, which reduced razor burn when going for those BBS shaves, but not as well as switching to Neutrogena. The stuff in a tube that doesn't lather. KoS Alpha Gel was even better. At some point I got a free Fusion in the mail; I didn't find it to shave any closer, but it just felt better. Over the years I got good at making multiple passes to get really smooth, but now the cartridges don't seem to last as long as they used to. The last one I had didn't last two weeks. Don't know if my beard is getting that much coarser, they've cheapened the cartridges, or maybe I just got a bad one, but for $3 per cartridge there shouldn't be any bad ones.
So I went to order a Merkur HD, but the Futur was so darn good looking I got that instead. It came yesterday, right after I got done shaving. On my last shave with the Fusion I applied the KoS with the brush, made 3 passes instead of the usual 2 (4 under my chin as usual), and probably got the closest shave of my life. This morning I tried the Futur on a 1 setting with a Derby Extra, with the KoS and brush, and really got what I think is a DFS in about 3 passes. A couple nicks but no burn like yesterday. I'll run out to Target Monday evening and get some Prorasco and maybe a better brush., then I can do it right!
Anyway sorry for rambling, you guys have been a real help already.
Switched from electric to Mach 3 about 8 years ago, when a couple friends got them and raved. Found the shave quite comfortable and close actually (the electric was quick but tore up my face something awful). Got a Burma Shave brush a few years later, which reduced razor burn when going for those BBS shaves, but not as well as switching to Neutrogena. The stuff in a tube that doesn't lather. KoS Alpha Gel was even better. At some point I got a free Fusion in the mail; I didn't find it to shave any closer, but it just felt better. Over the years I got good at making multiple passes to get really smooth, but now the cartridges don't seem to last as long as they used to. The last one I had didn't last two weeks. Don't know if my beard is getting that much coarser, they've cheapened the cartridges, or maybe I just got a bad one, but for $3 per cartridge there shouldn't be any bad ones.
So I went to order a Merkur HD, but the Futur was so darn good looking I got that instead. It came yesterday, right after I got done shaving. On my last shave with the Fusion I applied the KoS with the brush, made 3 passes instead of the usual 2 (4 under my chin as usual), and probably got the closest shave of my life. This morning I tried the Futur on a 1 setting with a Derby Extra, with the KoS and brush, and really got what I think is a DFS in about 3 passes. A couple nicks but no burn like yesterday. I'll run out to Target Monday evening and get some Prorasco and maybe a better brush., then I can do it right!
Anyway sorry for rambling, you guys have been a real help already.