Thread: my collection and shaving problems

Hi Gents,

well I was a member on the yahoo site, but I've finaly got my act together and arrived here.

at the moment I am trying to shave with a 'Dovo Astrale', a lovely razer that was a gift, it has been lightly honed and is stroped about 30 times before I shave on a dovo leather strop, and I use L'occitane shaving soap.

I follow the shaving method recomended in the great downloadable book of this group,

I wash my face before hand in hot water, then rinse in hot, while I have been doing this I have let m brush sit in the soap pot with a little hot water, then I lather the brush until it gets peaks inthe foam and 'little bubbles' then it goes on my face like a thick cream, then it's razor time : I go with the 'grain, across the grain and against the grain; then I rinse with hot water to take off any remaing soap and then a final rinse with very cold water to close everythign up.

my problem is that I have although my cheeks and the top of my jawline is great and smooth as the proverbial baby's bum, my under jawline, my lower right neck and under my chin have very heavy thick bristles and these area has developed a 'rash' of small bumps that feel very sensitive and hours after shaving still 'tingle' uncomfortably and are sore.

I have only used my razor 3 times this week, so what am I doing wrong?