Hey all, great messageboard here. Lots of fun shaving-geek type stuff to read, which is right up my obsessive-compulsive alley!
After years of using whatever the current overpriced Gillette Mach3 product was (what's next, the Mach3 Nuclear?), I came across someone singing the praise of this strange sounding razor called the Merkur. That led me here and bam, three weeks later I had a Merkur HD and 25 Derby Extra blades along with some interesting samples of shaving soaps and creams in my mailbox!
So I just had my first shave with the HD, and as the title implies, I perhaps didn't approach it carefully enough!! Read up a bunch on technique, and felt I was prepared, but it was still an experience. First mistake was deciding to a full on shave, including going against the grain instead of my regular shave where I only go with the grain. I tried using as little pressure as I could, but there were parts of my face where it felt like I had to use a little bit more. A couple cuts ensued! And where there were no cuts, I nonetheless still probably went too agressive, leaving some razor burn. And despite the burn, there are still some patches where I can tell I didn't get everything going against the grain, so a less than perfect shave
There truly is a fairly steep learning curve with this baby, but I'm gonna stick with it. Hopefully by the time I finish with my 25 pack of blades, I'll be confident enough to justify ordering more.
After years of using whatever the current overpriced Gillette Mach3 product was (what's next, the Mach3 Nuclear?), I came across someone singing the praise of this strange sounding razor called the Merkur. That led me here and bam, three weeks later I had a Merkur HD and 25 Derby Extra blades along with some interesting samples of shaving soaps and creams in my mailbox!
So I just had my first shave with the HD, and as the title implies, I perhaps didn't approach it carefully enough!! Read up a bunch on technique, and felt I was prepared, but it was still an experience. First mistake was deciding to a full on shave, including going against the grain instead of my regular shave where I only go with the grain. I tried using as little pressure as I could, but there were parts of my face where it felt like I had to use a little bit more. A couple cuts ensued! And where there were no cuts, I nonetheless still probably went too agressive, leaving some razor burn. And despite the burn, there are still some patches where I can tell I didn't get everything going against the grain, so a less than perfect shave
There truly is a fairly steep learning curve with this baby, but I'm gonna stick with it. Hopefully by the time I finish with my 25 pack of blades, I'll be confident enough to justify ordering more.