Thread: Ever had one of those days?

Ok -- So today was a good day....5/8 R. Aust....same stropping, but I think I did a better lather job (with the same soap) and all around it was a B+. Only being 3 months and maybe 30 shaves in, I'll take a B+ as often as I can get it. No nicks; no irritation. Gotta love the good days if you curse the bad ones :-)

Glad to hear it, man!

Now, if you wanna up the ante a bit, try going through it all again, keeping everything as consistent as possible, but switch back to the 6/8, or even better, shave one side with it and one with the 5/8. If you have an off shave on both sides, you then know it's either your lather, stropping or prep. You can then begin to focus your efforts in the same manner to figure out which of them is the culprit. If you have an off shave on the 6/8 side, you know to focus your investigation on the razor (sharpness, angle, etc.) and eliminate the problem.

It's all just variables put together. If you're having a problem, isolate them all as much as you can and single out the ones giving you grief. No big deal.

Originally Posted by vmathis12019

It's got speedbumps along the way, but we're doing good stuff here

Once you learn why speedbumps are put where they are, you'll appreciate the road a bit more.

Nother great shave today with the 5/8....I'm now convinced it was the lather; however, I'm going to try crouton976's advice nd do half face with the 5/8 and half with the 6/8 tomorrow or Monday to just see how it goes. Today I had a great lather, and great prep; great stropping; hot towel prep and it may have been my best shave so far. Missed the "speed bump" that DeeGee talked about, and had no bloodshed. I call this one an A-, only because I skipped my mustache area and some of my chin. I love this addiction!

...and today with the 6/8 R. Aust. I'm convinced it was the lather and the stropping. More face done today, including chin. I'm getting excited, but trying to remain calm and concentrating, so as to not make another "bump slicing" mistake.