Hi I have read on here and a few other sites on the net that recommend showering before shaving to soften the bristles. I tried doing that but find that showering in the bathroom even with the windows open steams up all the mirrors so I cant shave so I have been shaving before showering.

I had a talk with my grandfather and his father used to shave with a straight until he went into hospital where they made him use a safety razor and after that couldn't go back to the straight. Anyway he told me that the consensus in his fathers day was to shave before washing your face or showering as if your face became too wet the skin would take in water and swell slightly so that after you shaved and the skin dried again the shrinking of the skin would reveal more stubble.

Do you think there is any truth in that it does make sense to me?