Thread: My own worst enemy for learning to use a straight razor

I will agree with shave at night. I read that before I made the jump, and pretty much wrote it off( tho not completely as it seemed to be what a lot of those who stayed with it and truly enjoy it do). So like the knucklehead I am tried the morning. Now I'm not rushed in the morning, let me get that out there. I wake up at 4 and don't have to be to the job site till 7, it's literally a 5min drive away.
Did that twice, cut myself, felt rushed all that you have stated. After the second shave I thought about about the before bed thing.

No joke it was night and day. Much calmer, I really do enjoy the whole of the shave now. I think it's programmed in us as a society to go go first thing in the morning. Like GabrielMartin said "soldiers shouting was shouting GO GO GO!" It probably has something to do with subconscious thought about all the things on our plates for the day. As opposed to nights where we know the things for the day are done, tomorrow is tomorrow.

Maybe in time,with the gain of all the knowledge, muscle memory, mornings will work. As for now I'm sticking with nights, and truly enjoying my shaves. I'll be honest sometimes I don't get to bed till 10:30-11,but hey things happen and I still enjoyed it(there have also been nights I've had company over, climbed in bed and she pretty much attacked me so there's that too).

So I say give it a try. Not much to lose. Good luck and I hope you stick with it!


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