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11-27-2009, 08:35 AM #1Member
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Tip for my fellow newbies
Hey new straight razor shavers I would like to offer a tip that may help you when getting started shaving - it worked for me. Skip to the //-- for the short version. :-P
I started shaving with a straight not too long ago and I bought a Gold Dollar razor and Filly strop set from ruprazor.com to get me started. I also purchased the Van Der Hagen shave soap, brush, and bowl kit from Walmart. Everything together cost me around $70 and it works. Not a bad way to start straight shaving at all. I began to notice, though, that the soap took quite a bit of work to get a good lather going. I tried several techniques and I improved my lather immensely, but it still didn't seem quite as good as it could be. I wanted to try a cream.
Anyways, I was at Bath and Body Works with my wife the other day and I noticed some shave cream by C.O. Bigelow. I took a closer look and noticed some fine print that said something to the effect that it was made by Proraso for C.O. Bigelow. At that point I decided to buy it, knowing from reading posts by other members that Proraso shave cream is great stuff. I went ahead and got the bigger tube with the better price per ounce because I just had a feeling it was going to be good. :-)
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The next morning I got my Van Der Hagen soap and my C.O. Bigelow cream and proceeded to use Mantic's method for creating "Super Lather" as shown in his video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N0C1cLELQo
I have to tell you that this has improved my lather so much that I just can't tell you how worth it it was to buy that cream. Because the lather was so much better, the shave was smoother, less irritating, and actually the best shave I've had yet.
So if you are like me and started with that Van Der Hagen set from Walmart, and you haven't tried a cream yet, you can still keep your low budget and for only $5 or $10 more (depending on the size you buy), you can dramatically improve your shave with some C.O. Bigelow shave cream.
I know this is nothing new for you experienced guys out there, but this worked for me and might help some other new guys.
EDIT: I watched the video again and I didn't realize it before (because I hadn't seen the tube before) but it looks like Mantic actually used a tube of C.O. Bigelow shave cream to create his super lather in his video. Looks like I chose well. :-)Last edited by tabre; 11-27-2009 at 02:45 PM.
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