Thread: Embarrassed and Bleeding...........

Thanks for all the helpful advise.

It appears you don't want to use pressure with DE's, SR, or even the Feather. So different than a Mach Razor.

I will keep the touch light. Pressure and speed would be my worst enemy.

The second you start to get impatient, you would do good to put it down and rinse your face, cause that well... So, remember you absolutely gotta make time for this if you do it in the morning; otherwise you may want to shave at night for a while til' you are a little more proficient at it. Yes, to above, light pressure short strokes. Remember you're not trying to shave to smooth in one pass...more, you are knocking the whiskers down little by little with every pass...hence less irritation when you get good at it.

Im sure what I'm about to say was already mentioned. But I just started SE shaving today (coming from the world of disposables) and I nicked myself a few times and gave myself a real bad gusher on my chin, embedded that blade in the flesh good. So Yeah I had 4 places I was bleeding from after shaving.

After the shave, I used a lot of water to clean up the nicks, and let warm running water just run over the chin gash. I then rubbed my alum bar (I got the razorock alum stick) for a minute or so over my whole face. If you don't use alum, I HIGHLY suggest it. First off, its an astringent (restricts blood flow), and it's antiseptic. Because of it's chemical nature, it also feels MAGICALLY cool on your face. It feels awesome. I might be overly excited about alum because I used it for the first time today hah.

Really work the alum in, and leave it on while you clean up your shave cave, and clean/dry/putaway your razor.

Then rinse your face and apply a cotton swab of witch hazel. Like alum it's also an astringent and will reinforce what the alum just did.

Then I put on my Geo Trumper skin food.

But as for the nicks and bleeding, doing the alum / witch hazel combo stopped the bleeding from every nick, from the lightest bleeder to the gusher I had on my chin.

Chonax

Thanks, I have some Alum Block (Razorock). But I have not used it yet. I'll work it in and see what it is like. I have two soap mugs, one looks like a black coffee mug, the other is wood with a lid. I think I have three soaps? One is glycerin, Cornell conk? I also have a starter kit from the Art of Shaving which I have mix feelings about.......

Not sure if I like to put oil on my face before I shave? And I have the full line of Proraso stuff, cream, liquid after splash, tube for cuts.

In all honesty my one cut was my fault, moving too fast with the hands. And it is mostly healed today. But I do need to figure out all this stuff and what works in the routine.

What I don't like it to feel like my face is oily at work or in the afternoon. I have face wipes (Neutrogena) at work and that stuff in round pads (Oxy) to remove oil. I don't think I ever suffer from dry skin unless I use the pads too much. I don't have acne. So I have reservations about using the oil from the Art of Shaving........

I have been thinking of picking up a Merkur 34C but I don't want to add too much in the mix too fast. I also like the Muhle R89. I really like the Muhle! But here I know nothing about DE razors. And I don't know if one should alternate between the DE and SR.

Waiting for my Feather to arrive as I have read much about it, and many not so good things about the Shavette. Sort of holding back on the Shavette for now. Also spending time reading articles about stropping and honing. I am sure I will jump in with both feet one of these days.

I have more time on the weekends which is where I can play with a real SR. If life gets busy during the week taking care of Dad or 12 hour days it will be nice to have a razor like the Feather to grab a blade and go. And there are other razors SR like the Feather if that does not work.

I still have to settle his estate and travel to empty the home in Fla. So having a traveling razor kit will be nice which is also why a DE might be good. I don't mind all the changes and great to have my father live with me. But there will be many trips to Fla. So traveling with this new stuff is key. I have a travel brush. (Edwin Jagger)

This thread helps me when I am embarrassed and bleeding....http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...0-cut-day.html