Thread: Shaving every day?

Originally Posted by asj1991

What would you guys recommend in the following situation. If I make several passes over an area, chin or neck especially, and it is not as smooth as I want it, how should I go about getting that area to optimal smoothness. Like Lynn said, I dont want to be making too many passes over any given area, but I also sometimes need to get that closer shave, and I really dont want to have to go over areas with a cartridge. Any temporary solutions until my skill level is high enough that I dont have to worry about making a ton of passes over one area?

Is your blade sharp enough? My neck is the first area that I usually notice that a blade needs sharpening again.

Originally Posted by alb1981

For my troublesome areas I shorten my stroke and do 1 inch forward half inch back (to draw lather back over the area) and just work up or down the area depending on your growth pattern.

This with extremely light pressure allows me to touch up the troublesome ares (pretty much the whole neck) without getting razor burn or irritation. Pressure seems to really be the big issue.

Charlie

I think I definitely fall under that category. I think that the pressure I am applying in my ATG strokes is too high, causing the irritation on my neck and jaw. I suspect it may also be too steep an angle. It is really hard for me to apply effective ATG strokes on my neck, and easy on my cheeks. Probably just need to practice more and go slower and pay attention to the angle and pressure on my neck.

Originally Posted by Kees

Is your blade sharp enough? My neck is the first area that I usually notice that a blade needs sharpening again.

I think it is but maybe that is part of the problem. Would I just take a few runs over a strop to alleviate that problem?

So today was my first day shaving consecutively after a previous day of shaving. It went well, my face is smooth and no nicks or irritations. However, with the obviously shorter hair, (one day of growth) I noticed barely any hair removal on my WTG passes, and then complete hair removal on my ATG passes. Is this due to my WTG technique or does shorter hair just not remove as easily when shaving WTG?

I understand that straight shaving is based on beard reduction with each pass, but I was confused when I didnt come as close WTG as when I had 3 days of growth. Maybe it is the way my hair lies on my face, but I was hoping someone could chime in with their experiences and differences when shaving shorter hair.

if not sharp enough I recommend a pasted strop or a hone. Personally I would choose the latter.

Originally Posted by Kees

if not sharp enough I recommend a pasted strop or a hone. Personally I would choose the latter.

I am looking at buying a hone, but there is one concern that I have. I only have one razor at the moment and I really do not want to do any damage to it. I want to learn how to hone but I am nervous about the potential damage I could do to my only razor. Is that a legitimate concern and maybe I should wait until I can practice on another, or should I just bite the bullet and give it a shot? How much damage can an inexperienced honer do to a blade?

I started out every 2 to 3 days shaving. Now I shave religiously..... pretty rare that I miss a shave.

It really depends on your skin. I seldom have any irritation from my shaves (alum doesn't sting at all when used afterwards), but I cannot shave daily. Even just lathering up the next day irritates my face.

Originally Posted by fyrfyter43

It really depends on your skin. I seldom have any irritation from my shaves (alum doesn't sting at all when used afterwards), but I cannot shave daily. Even just lathering up the next day irritates my face.

Man what Alum are you using! Even when I dont have any nick's or weeper's that stuff lights my face up! I like it, and it does great at eliminating razor burn, but it is not the tame kitty that you are speaking of, mine is dragon fire! lol goes great after a mentholated shave though, kinda fire and ice type thing