Thread: Like a noob..again

Originally Posted by cenzo

Three week holiday? I'd say a couple of tricky shaves was well worth it.

I have been rocking a Dovo Bismark. I am working hard on the strop work and hopefully get it to where it has an edge. I do the arm hair test and it pops off so I'm thinking I'm doing okay with that process. I am having trouble figuring the shaving around my goatee. Too many angles for me at this point. I finish off with my DE. One day I'll have the angles down.

I think I would put it down to more practice required. I've been using my cut-throats for a decent amount of time now, and in the one and only time I went to pure DE for a respectable length of time before switching back to C-T, it was no problem what-so-ever. It was like I hadn't stopped at all. These days I just alternate as I feel like it (as each razor calls to me I suppose ).


Mick

Turk, what issues are you having with shaving around your goatee? I know each face is different, as are goatee styles, but I find that using a cut-throat to work around the edges and in the small spaces of the goatee is better and far easier than any other razor or electric contraption on the market.


Mick

I have to agree with Mick, I think it is about muscle memory. I have stopped using str8's for up to two three weeks at a time and have found when I went back, nothing changed.

Like riding a bike I guess. Keep at it, things will get better quickly.

You may have actually stopped using the straight too soon. You were/are still learning the right way to use the razor with your face and really haven't built up that muscle memory to the point where maybe one "eh" shave then you're back in the game. So, just keep practicing, and make it a point to use that razor even if you have to shave at night before bed to do so, a week or two and you'll be right back.

I am with tiddle ^^

^Ditto the Ear


Mick

I suppose I never could call myself a true expert to begin with. Although I'll have to admit, shaving with the Edwin Jager is a pure delight.

Ditto x3. Its one thing to stop for a couple months after you've shaved with it for over a year but if you're inside 12 months I would say its quite understandable that it doesn't feel natural yet. Keep at it!

Originally Posted by MickR

Turk, what issues are you having with shaving around your goatee? I know each face is different, as are goatee styles, but I find that using a cut-throat to work around the edges and in the small spaces of the goatee is better and far easier than any other razor or electric contraption on the market.


Mick

First off, I apoligize cenzo for hijacking your thread. Mick, I am having trouble approaching the goatee in general. In other words, I don't have a good grasp on how to approach the goatee with the razor. I don't seem to have the muscle memory in place to feel all that comfortable with cutting into it too far and messing it up. I imagine in time that will come. Do you hold the razor at 90 degrees, in other words heel down toe up or do you do a verticle approach going from top to bottom with the razor horizontal?