Thread: First Shave Time

My new kit was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday. After I was able to get the kids to bed - daddy is quite capable of cutting himself without the help of small hands tugging on the hem of his slacks - I set off to unpack it and tackle the challenge of the first shave.

It all went relatively smoothly. No nicks or cuts and only a very mild case of razor burn at the bottom left side of my throat where I didn't have the skin pulled tight. I could feel the blade scraping there and knew what was coming. It also didn't turn out to be that bad of a shave (three passes, two WTG and one ATG). Not BBS, but definitely passable for work.

I didn't strop this time as the razor was shave-ready and I didn't want to chance rolling the edge. I paid close attention to the angle of the blade, and did my best to keep the pressure very light. I was even able to use a slight scything motion (but only with my right hand). All in all a very enjoyable 45 minutes.

Here's what I used:
5/8 1/4 hollow french point Wapi (very nice no-nonsense str8)
Vulfix PB brush
TOBS Sandlewood SS (already had it, great stuff!) with 5 drops of Glycerin
hot towel before and between passes
Alum block
Spanish Floid AS

I'm looking forward to my next shave.

Very cool!

Glad you had a relaxing evening! Starting off, time is you friend and "slow is fast"! Much less blood-shed that way!

Welcome!

v/r

Allen

No worries. I'm not in any rush. For the first time since I was shaving with a bladeless razor next to my father or grandfather, I'm enjoying the time it takes to shave.

That does bring up a question. My youngest was with me during my second attempt tonight and has taken a big interest in what daddy was doing; so much so that I had to lather up some shaving soap on his face too and shave it off with the spine of my comb. Oh, and he just had to get some of daddy's aftershave too. I'm not worried that he'll get ahold of my razors since I keep them locked up when I'm not using them, but do they make anything safe for him to use? I was thinking of possibly a shavette without the blade. Just something special for him that I will use to remove the lather from his face. Then it can be locked up with daddy's razors. Any thoughts or suggestions?

I remeber reading somewhere the same situation between father and son, and if
i remember right the father was going to make his sone a wooden straight, so they could shave together.
i don't know that it ever happened buth the idea is cool.

I don't see why a bladeless shavette wouldn't work. Although there are cheaper versions of the Shavette. I'd find some online barber supply companies who sell cheap ones.