Thread: Success

It's been a while since I posted my initial shave attempts. Today with WTG and XTG managed a Socially Acceptable Shave with a Thiers-Issard Spartacus 6/8, ColC Lime glycerin and Neutrogena Shave Cream. No weepers or nicks and only used a bit of Alum. No sharppangs, so finally finished with a bit of Pinaud Clubman.

Next test with be with full ATG. Don't think I will try just yet.

Congratulations

ATG is not required for a good shave. Nice to be BBS all over but comfort is important. Stick with what you know. Attempt difficult spots after you have mastered an all over comfortable nice close shave

Go slow

With my beard ATG is necessary for a BBS and largely with XTG. In my younger days, hair started under my eyes and continued to my toes. At almost 69 hair is not as dense. Could have gotten a job as a Neanderthal if I had thought about. When the Navy allowed beards, my skipper said that it was not in the regs, if I was to keep the beard, I had to clear some hair from under the eyes.

Congrats on the shave. Keep hard at it & it will be an everyday thing for you & will come normally. Job well done!!!

Congrats, I am still working on a full WTG shave, no courage for ATG yet.

Congrats on a good shave. I found that when I was able to do XTG it really pulled the shave in tighter!. Good idea to not get in to big of a hurry for ATG...it will come with time. I find for me I get as good of a shave (for the most part) with XTG without having to do ATG and risk the irritation.

Good one...XTG is a big step...took me awhile to figure out if I like nose to ear or ear to nose....settled on ear to nose for my XTG.

20 shaves, then 50 shaves, then 100 shaves were the benchmarks for me....with 100 being where it all really came together every time...but great aspect of this art, is you're always find you're refining and improving, with the occasional nick or cut to remind you not to get complacent!

Congrats!

I think the next step will be, initially, the hardest. Grip on the razor, maneuvering around the neck, the correct skin stretching, and the lip-beard border are all unlearned skills right now. Will need work out plan to determine the how.

Day 2

Same prep as before, lather didn't come as before. Couple of nicks, one on cheekbone on downstroke, one under jawline on ATG. Some weepers, all closed with styptic. ATG on upper lip was fine, lower lip not as good. All in all, was a nearly DFS.

Means practice, practice ...

Used my second best Dovo Best 5/8. May have contributed to nicks. It was supposed to be shave ready, but don't think it was. Thought I had stropped enough, but maybe not.

Shave 3

Same prep, new (to me) W&B meat cleaver; WTG, partial XTG and ATG. Couple of nicks, couple of weepers, my fault, did not fully appreciate full width of the blade. Overall comfortable, between SAS and DFS, no discomfort afterwards.