Thread: New +$100 shaving brush and now my razors are dull.

You bought a really fancy brush and so now your razors look dull and boring by comparison.

This ^^^ [emoji38]

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

You spent too much time and money acquiring new stuff instead of learning how to maintain a razor. (If you was a beginner)

I have to go with something like this. A nice brush, while great, would add little if any benefit to the shave itself.

OK the answer I came up with is in a word "Lathering"

My 2011 SRP brush had been sitting idle for too long and I
switched from my $15 boar brush to it.
In short I got a lather from my Heinrich L. Thater brush so quick and thick
that my whiskers had little time to soften.
Face lathering with the old brush took a while and I was often enjoying the
whole process perhaps five or more min. So I went from five min of brush
work and face lathering to less than a min.

All my blades seemed dull even the Feather in my too lazy to strop days DE razor.

The solution was to rinse my face of the lather, wash nicely then apply the Thater
cloud of froth.

I have a couple nice badger brushes any brand would have tricked me the same way.

In the summer I do like a boar bristle brush... then a false hint of cool had me
reaching for a different brush to mark the season.

If nothing Lathering is key.
Without Lathering no safety net tossable plastic razor or DE blade will help.

And yes there was a minor fib in the story the brush was new in 2011
not new in 2017. But for a beginner that could be a thing.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I'm old, in more ways than one, but if permitted I will ask a question regarding the question…

Are the razors actually dull or are they only perceived to be dull?

This is the closest I saw.
+10 points.

Ok ive gvien this at least 5 seconds of thought and I think, nay I am certain I know the answer.
You are supposed to use the brush to lather your face not the razors.