Originally Posted by
LeeringCorpse
Thanks for some more good ideas and the nice link. This seems to be a great community of people. Shaving went a bit better this morning, using less pressure sure helps. However I found it near impossible to keep little pressure on the skin and still be able to shave against the grain, it kept wanting to skip across the beard rather then cut it. Next time I’ll try using the linen side before I strop on the leather side, see if that will give me a bit sharper blade. I also tried some new angles, some worked better and some didn’t, just needs a bit of experimentation. As for my brush it’s badger hair, a simpson beaufort 4. When I lather up I only give the brush the light snap to remove a slight amount of water, then I start working up a lather. When I first ably the lather it is rather thin, but after I do the hot towel treatment the water soaks into the soap and with a little more brush work gives me a thick silky lather that just feels great going on.