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10-30-2009, 08:30 PM #2Comrade in Arms
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Sorry to hear about your experience. I would stop shaving for at least a couple of day while your face recover. I would also use aloe vera to help this process. In the meantime, I would give a visit to the SRP wiki, here: Category:Straight Razor Shaving - Straight Razor Place Wiki
It seems like you have to make a few small adjustments to your angle and pressure. The other thing that seems evident from your post is that your lather was a bit too dry. I would hydrate a little next time. Dry lather is one of the worse obstacles to a good shave. There is a good section about it in the wiki as well. Also, you may want to check the videos that mantic, a member here (I just found out a couple of days ago), has made about making lather; his videos are excellent.
YouTube - How To Build And Apply Traditional Shaving Lather
The idea here is to find the peak of the soap. It is at this point that your lather is ready to be used. To wet and it would vanish into thin air and if too dry, it may feel like concrete, probably similar to what you describe. Both excessively wet or dry lather can have a similar appearance. If you have any questions, drop me a PM for tips.
Al raz.
Originally Posted by James1983
OK, first attempt with the straight razor...not so good. Not only did I manage to impart over 100 tiny slices like paper cuts all over my face, I took the top of my mole off as well, the blade didnt glide. kept biting me. the soap I was using right after lathering up became sticky. I placed a hot towle on my face for 2min after I had a shower and made a nice lather. I stroped my razor slowly maybe 20 times before applying the soap and getting down to business. My face hurts really REALLY bad and not only that but the razor didnt get most of the wiskers...
after i washed all the soap off a tone of red little lines appeared all over my face...had to use stypic pencil on 80% of my face and now i look like a white ghost. :-SLast edited by Alraz; 10-30-2009 at 08:33 PM.
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