Thread: If you transitioned from a double edge

Well I changed over to DEs because of a MAJOR sensitivity issue that developed. In my search for a way to shave that wouldn't cause my face to freak I found DEs and "wet shaving". I had had a interest in it some time ago but never took it up. So given the excuse that normal shaving was ruining my face I jumped at DEs. After I mastered(?) DE shaving I found that conversations about straights kept pulling me more and more. Finally I just decided to go for it and after a couple of months researching I started. I have now honed a Antique store find and gotten 1 16 hour BBS shave. I figure thats good enough for my first month....I find that now that I have experienced shaving with a straight what drew me is much what others have said. The desire to master something that is more of an art form than a necessity. I had figured out DEs and straights were just ...oh I hate saying it but...cooler, more masculine. Straight shaving is primal more basic, grounded "Zen"....While DE shaving I thought I was concentrating....lol . I find that shaving now is more like when I am setting a large stone. The concentration levels are intense. ....

I used to be one of those skiers that you see going over the cliffs way out of bounds, climbing the mountain to get fresh tracks. Now I get my thrills in a more sedate setting....lol

Most of already stated the reasons. I have always been fascinated with barbers and knew that I would eventually make the switch. So I jumped in pretty quickly after starting with a DE. Plus, they are really, really, really cool.

I've been shaving exclusively with a straight for the past 2-3 weeks. I was in a hurry this morning, so I grabbed the trusty slim adjustable, and shaved faster and closer than a mach3 shave, plus no nicks or razor burn, which I tend to get even with a DE. I never tried to shave that quickly with a de before because of that reason, but I guess it seemed mighty tame after shaving with an exposed blade in my hand for a few weeks


-Brian

I switch because a straight is way higher on the machismo scale than a de and not many people can do it.