Thread: Still Feel Stubble

Do you Facesturbate ??? If not ,you better get Crackn. When you facesturbate you can tell which way your whiskers grow,and then attack them from the opposite direction with the blade. Each part of your face is diff, the cheeks the neck and so on. Soon the light will come on and it will all make sense, NOW START FACETURBATING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have used DE's a lot and there is no way that a DE can give one a better have than a straight. I notice a drop in performance after about 8 shaves and have to at least do a small "touch up" using a paddle strop. When you make a pass using gentle overlapping strokes if there is stubble left in the direction of your pass you razor is not keen enough.

One of the hardest things about using a straight is learning to hone to obtain a smooth, keen edge. However that is accomplished by a shaver it must be learned to be self sufficient. I can not send a razor out for honing. I have not had any razor come back that was anything much more than "pretty good" because of my beard I need "great".

I know that it is presumptuous of me but if you were to send me one of your razors I could show you what edge I shave with....it may be to keen and smooth for your liking!

Later,
Richard

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Do you Facesturbate ???... NOW START FACETURBATING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will I go blind?

Originally Posted by Fbones24

My advice is do not obsess. Just enjoy and have fun.

This is the best advice I've read since I joined here.

One mark of maturity is the gracious ability to accept imperfection. In straight shaving as in everything else, we mature as we proceed.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Do you Facesturbate ??? If not ,you better get Crackn. When you facesturbate you can tell which way your whiskers grow,and then attack them from the opposite direction with the blade. Each part of your face is diff, the cheeks the neck and so on. Soon the light will come on and it will all make sense, NOW START FACETURBATING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But not too much or it will give you pimples.

Originally Posted by Belicoso

Will I go blind?

You will go blind,but your shaves will be better.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

You will go blind,but your shaves will be better.

Lol!!!

Back on topic, it took me at least 60 shaves to get bbs almost every time. After 3-4 hundred shaves I still have problem areas that always will be problem areas that take extra effort.

All great ideas here. Except the cold water shave. I've tried but I just can't "warm up" to the idea.

Anyway, there are 2 things that come to mind that IME helped a great deal. Please forgive me if I missed it, but I didn't read mention of light touch. A heavy hand was one of the hardest things to lose wen after getting the hang of shaving when I first converted from multi blades. It is so counter-intuitive that it seems impossible that it could actually improve your shave, but it does.

The other thing that I found is that your beard has not yet been "trained" to being shaved by a SR. It took me several months before I wasn't getting so many hot spots and weepers, even after learning to shave with ultra light pressure. When they weepers finally went away, my shaves miraculously got closer and smoother. Again, I attribute this to my beard becoming conditioned to the SR shave.

Originally Posted by 1sgtscot

I am travelling this week so my straight is home and I'm using a Mach3. However, I find myself using the techniques learned for str8ght shaving and I am now getting much closer with the M3 than I ever did before.

Next, I noticed with my str8ght I shave much closer on my cheeks than on my neck. My neck is where I obsess over the stubble. Can't really feel it on my cheek now.

Last, I found a combination of stretching, angle and super light touch on my cheek was what worked there. Still working on the neck. It may take a blow torch.... All kidding aside, I think the light touch was what started working. It is not pushing nor even scraping. I get the blade very close, and almost let it float through the air that works. I can't seem to even approach it on the first pass (wtg) but after I have gone back it (either xtg or atg) I focus on angle, stretching and barely touching.

Good luck

I had the same experience w/M3s before I switched to full-time straights. You learn so much about your grain and why it matters, and that knowledge applies to almost anything you'd shave with.

My neck was a difficult area but became the easiest area at some point. I think fear was one limiter, that I was just more scared shaving the neck (and the black-diamond runs around my adam's apple) than cheeks etc. Stretching, honing, and the light touch were the other limiters. Once I figured out the right directions to stretch in, I was a little braver applying the blade. About the same time I learned how sharp a blade SHOULD be, and the light touch (just enough to scrape away the lather) followed that. Now my neck is where I like to start, to build the day's confidence for the harder work around my chin. Plus it just makes sense for me to start at the collar line and work more or less upwards.

I haven't nicked my neck yet; the little accidents (when they happen) seem confined to my chin and cheeks.

That's my experience with the neck, for what it's worth. Good luck with your own!