Hello all!
Just like this thread title suggests I would like to extend my gratitude to everyone on this site for posting and sharing your shaving experiences.
My story starts off with me wet shaving when I was 15 (currently 22 this year) but I was using cartridge blades and the canned goo my mom bought me. I used this method for about 3 years until I received a Braun 3105 electric razor as a gift. I used it with excellent results and continued to use it up until this year ( I did wet shave the odd time). At one point I went back to wet shaving and bought the Fusion and some disposables. Worst mistake of my life.
When I was younger and my facial hair was not a coarse so I could get away with improper shaving techniques. I probably made every mistake in the book (not relathering for each pass, rinse with cold water, no prep etc etc). Like I said I could get away with that before but now that my beard is thicker and harder to cut and it left me with razor burn and pin pricks in certain areas.
That's when I did some research into how to get a better shave and I stumbled on to Mantics videos on youtube and also this gem of a place. First shave with a DE razor was not bad but my second one was bad. After the shave I thought that it was the perfect shave (BBS!). About 10min later my neck turned red with blotches every where (waaay too much pressure). So I gave up and went back to my electric.
I switched back to wet shaving only because my electric razor has been discontinued and I can no longer buy the parts for it anymore. So I busted out the schick quattro titanium (not the flimsy looking one) and wet shaved. I got an excellent shave with it. I did that for a little while to let my skin get used to wet shaving again and switched back to the DE. Now I got a decent shave with it with some nicks on my chin but it soon disappeared.
Right now I'm using my schick quattro titanium until it's dead since I'm getting great results with it but afterward it's back to DE shaving.
I would like to just reiterate one thing for anyone lurking like I did... do NOT put excessive pressure on the razor. For me that is the most useful piece of info I could have ever asked for.
I'll list my gear here:
Porasso ultra sensitive shaving soap
Nivea sensitive after shave
Nivea sensitive moisturizer
Omega shaving brush (forget exactly what brush. Just one I bought a shoppers drug mart)
Gillette Super Speed (one of the late 1940's version I believe)
Gillette razors (only thing sold around town but I'm looking into feathers)
I do WTG, not quite XTG but more of a diagonal pass, then a ATG pass with no pressure.
My only problem I suppose now is that I have a hard time shaving my neck (one of the main reasons I still use the schick quattro titanium) with a DE because the hair on my neck grows E-W and it's difficult to adjust the razor. Any tips? Sorry for the long read guys but I figure if someone can relate out there and if it helps even just one person then mission complete!
Just like this thread title suggests I would like to extend my gratitude to everyone on this site for posting and sharing your shaving experiences.
My story starts off with me wet shaving when I was 15 (currently 22 this year) but I was using cartridge blades and the canned goo my mom bought me. I used this method for about 3 years until I received a Braun 3105 electric razor as a gift. I used it with excellent results and continued to use it up until this year ( I did wet shave the odd time). At one point I went back to wet shaving and bought the Fusion and some disposables. Worst mistake of my life.
When I was younger and my facial hair was not a coarse so I could get away with improper shaving techniques. I probably made every mistake in the book (not relathering for each pass, rinse with cold water, no prep etc etc). Like I said I could get away with that before but now that my beard is thicker and harder to cut and it left me with razor burn and pin pricks in certain areas.
That's when I did some research into how to get a better shave and I stumbled on to Mantics videos on youtube and also this gem of a place. First shave with a DE razor was not bad but my second one was bad. After the shave I thought that it was the perfect shave (BBS!). About 10min later my neck turned red with blotches every where (waaay too much pressure). So I gave up and went back to my electric.
I switched back to wet shaving only because my electric razor has been discontinued and I can no longer buy the parts for it anymore. So I busted out the schick quattro titanium (not the flimsy looking one) and wet shaved. I got an excellent shave with it. I did that for a little while to let my skin get used to wet shaving again and switched back to the DE. Now I got a decent shave with it with some nicks on my chin but it soon disappeared.
Right now I'm using my schick quattro titanium until it's dead since I'm getting great results with it but afterward it's back to DE shaving.
I would like to just reiterate one thing for anyone lurking like I did... do NOT put excessive pressure on the razor. For me that is the most useful piece of info I could have ever asked for.
I'll list my gear here:
Porasso ultra sensitive shaving soap
Nivea sensitive after shave
Nivea sensitive moisturizer
Omega shaving brush (forget exactly what brush. Just one I bought a shoppers drug mart)
Gillette Super Speed (one of the late 1940's version I believe)
Gillette razors (only thing sold around town but I'm looking into feathers)
I do WTG, not quite XTG but more of a diagonal pass, then a ATG pass with no pressure.
My only problem I suppose now is that I have a hard time shaving my neck (one of the main reasons I still use the schick quattro titanium) with a DE because the hair on my neck grows E-W and it's difficult to adjust the razor. Any tips? Sorry for the long read guys but I figure if someone can relate out there and if it helps even just one person then mission complete!
. This place is really addicting. It's in my top 3 websites to visit (1. Sherdog 2. badger and blade 3. college humour). I didn't expect that!
