Thread: The time has come....

Three day growth might be more suited to greater experience. Try just one day next time (skipping a day). But it might work ok too.

Good luck!
Still no sign of him, perhaps that carotid got a hit

Originally Posted by cristal

Good luck!
Still no sign of him, perhaps that carotid got a hit

Ha

Went really well actually. I'm sure you all will give me hell, but I ended up doing my entire face (i wear a goatee) left hand and all. Only had a few weapers on the left side of my neck. Had some occasional tugging and pulling, but I'm sure that was 80% technique and 20% crappy lather. Did just one pass WTG and overall I'm really happy with my first shave. Ended up with a teeny tiny nick on my strop. Stropping was actually more awkward than shaving. Go figure.

As far as the 3 day growth goes, I typically can get away with an every other day shave schedule. Shaving everyday with a cartridge was WAY to irritating. I knew my razor was coming today so I didn't want to shave yesterday and then go back at it the next day with a straight. Maybe once I get the straight down, everyday will be easier on my face. I'm assuming some of the pulling and tugging I was experiencing was partly due to the 3 day growth as well?? Looking forward to my next shave!!!

Face feels AWESOME this morning. Zero razor burn and the area under my jawline and around my adams apple feels better than it ever has following a shave. I typically get a few ingrown hairs and/or razor burn in that area when using my cartridge, but have absolutely non of that this morning. Main reason I typically only shaved every 2nd or 3rd day. That alone is reason enough to be switching to a straight!!!

Glad you are getting good results out of the gate. Don't let those results lead you to too many passes too soon or too much pressure. Focus on very light pressure, comfortable shaves and BBS will come. Focusing on the ultimate smooth shave too soon will likely lead to razor burn and other undesirable outcomes.

Originally Posted by Lazarus

Glad you are getting good results out of the gate. Don't let those results lead you to too many passes too soon or too much pressure. Focus on very light pressure, comfortable shaves and BBS will come. Focusing on the ultimate smooth shave too soon will likely lead to razor burn and other undesirable outcomes.

Agreed. I'll admit I got a bit ahead of myself last night. Fortunately everything worked out well. And not needing to shave my chin or lip area made things easier as well. I don't plan to do anymore than a single WTG pass, and as you said, focus on getting a really comfortable shave before I move on to other passes. Need to get my stropping technique dialed in as well. But for now I'll just bask in the glory of the first razor burn, ingrown hair free shave I've had since my middle school peach fuzz days.

Round 2 tonight!! Been getting, IMO, pretty decent lathers from MWF and my tweezerman brush. But received my order of KMF unscented, liquid glycerin and liquid lanolin in the mail yesterday. Might try and whip up some uberlather this evening and see how that goes. Also have about 10 samples of Mamabears soaps that have been begging to get used. Quite the dilema.