Thread: Losing through laziness lesson for beginners

After 18 months of mostly successful SR shaving 5 days out of 7, I lost it yesterday, because of laziness. I have a relatively (4 shaves) freshly pro-honed razor and went through my usual pre shave stropping (20 linen/80 'Roo) and then face lathered, although quickly. In retrospect, that was my problem....didn't pre-wash or even wet down the face thoroughly, built a relatively weak, but seemingly decent lather on my face, cold water....and began the shave. The razor wouldn't move easily and was pulling. Refreshed (kind of) the lather and started again....same. Relathered that cheek and got a new, also verified sharp straight razor, stropped and tried again. Failure! Gave up and switched to a DE with a new blade...even that was uncomfortable, but I got by.

lesson...a good shave DEPENDS on good face prep and lather. Skipped today! Tomorrow is a new day.