my straight wet shave razor journey.
This is going to be my personal journey of wet shaving.
I started with a EJ De and a cheap brush with some proraso soap. Had a shave after learning how to lather properly. To my surprise after it was better and closer than my disposable 5 blade. As I continued my progression towards straight razor and help from peoples post on here. I ordered a vintage sight unseen from whipped dog and strop kit. Ialso ordered a better quality brush a Simpson commodore x2 and some MWF from royalshave. While waiting for the brush and MWF to arrive. I had 2 shaves with the straight for the first pass and 2nd in some places. Then finish up with my DE for a BBS shave. So far only 1 nick and a couple of weepers. But no burn. Today my beloved brush and MWF shows up. Wow what a nice brush worth every cent spent..soft yet stiff and packed with hair. So I figure let's break it in with MWF that everyone likes. Ive seen people complain how it may be tough to lather. I watched the video and followed along with his example. To my dismay minimal to no lather. I worked it up as best I could on my face. I proceeded to shave. OWCH!!! My face is on fire!! Razor burn. The only difference was not having much lather. So to finish up I added some of my prorasso to the brush. Kaboom this brush bloomed with foam from prorasso, But to late i have razor burn. So could it be my area has bad water? Any locals use mwf? Did I miss something? Maybe I just should order tabac or MDC.. Tips and advice welcome as my journey continues for the best shave.
Thanks.