Question for beginners.
I have a new +$100 shaving brush and now my razors are dull.
What did I do wrong?
Old timers give the not so old time to think about this.
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Question for beginners.
I have a new +$100 shaving brush and now my razors are dull.
What did I do wrong?
Old timers give the not so old time to think about this.
Are we teaching by quizzing now?
I like it!
Teaching by quizzing perhaps... First a question then some thought
and since I do not know all the answers others can make fun of me when I tell
what solution I found.
I don't think I know the answer, but I'm still willing to try to make fun of you anyway.
Come one guys, it's time for wild speculation!!!
Quit shaving your brush!
What kind of toxic shave soap are you using?
I cant see the brush making a differance in your skin or turning your wiskers to hard steel.
Im stumped besides the soap but thats just my off the wall guess.
You've been making lots and lots of lather, what to do with all this lather? How many neighborhood cats have you shaved?
As a serious answer.
You have been lathering like crazy playing with your new brush. The exuberant exfoliation has cause what is often called brush burn. Which has left you with rather sensitive skin and made your razor feel like it is dull and giving you razor burn.
Real brainteaser........
I'd guess your old brush was a stiff boar and loaded lots of soap to make for a great lather.
Your new brush is a super soft and floppy badger and is not loading enough soap.
The result: your lather with the +$100 is thin and watery by comparison to the boar. So now your razors are not cushioned and lubed well enough and feel blunter.
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OP was totally channeling a very cool, intense mushroom trip - and has now completely forgot what he was thinking.
However, I do have the answer, and it is:
42
;)
Well, now you're going to have spend 10 million years working out the question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
You spent too much time and money acquiring new stuff instead of learning how to maintain a razor. (If you was a beginner)Quote:
Originally Posted by niftyshaving
Is the brush shedding?
Did you have to pawn your hones to get the brush? :D
Well I wonder what this will be. Maybe new brush shedding some dulling the razor IDK
Yeah I'm stumped, I would guess the irritation thing is on the right track.
Yes, this is what I was thinking, but in reality, how much badger hair do you need to shave to dull all the razors...? It's a really long shot. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Christian1
Less than optimal lather from a new brush could lead to a less than optimal shave... but again, with all the razors?
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?
Razors not fully cleaned after use?
You didn't say what you were doing with the razors. Maybe you were using them cut your dinner steak so the brush issue is a red herring here.
You bought a really fancy brush and so now your razors look dull and boring by comparison.
This ^^^ [emoji38]
I have to go with something like this. A nice brush, while great, would add little if any benefit to the shave itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by markbignosekelly
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.
This is the closest I saw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
+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.