Quote Originally Posted by rkuchenbecker View Post
Something I thought of today during my shave: when I rub in a little neem or olive oil before lathering up, it feels like the blade it sloughing through mud and pulling harder on the skin. There's no hair pulling, and the blade cuts nice and clean, but there's just a lot more resistance to the edge sliding.

Any suggestions?
Personally I'd Skip the oil before shaving!!!! Be sure to either apply some lather to your face and rub it in and then rinse it off and re-lather OR use some shampoo and then lather and go! I've found that this removes any body oil from the face and facial hair so that the lather can soak in to the whiskers and allows the lather to do it's job and lubricate the skin!!

Give it a go and see what happens!!!

Also, I use some liquid dish soap to remove any soap scum after shaving then dry the blade well and use Ballistol to lightly coat the blade and edge to prevent oxidization.

Enjoy the Ride! It's a long strange trip but it's worth the journey!