Thread: just had to share

I decided to change the shave and use cold water this morning. Not gonna lie was petrified I was gonna spend the day in pain. I was very pleasently suprised. Zero irritation BBS shave and the heat I feel after the shave never came. Might have discovered a new way for me to shave.

Welcome to the cold water shave club. Not as bad as it sounds is it.

Bob

I use luke warm to cool, otherwise I look like a fire engine. Hey if it works it works, right?

I have started the cold water shave too. The worst thing is running the water on my hands to splash my face lol. It's nice how it helps reduce irritation a lot!

There is an andriod app for here does anyone know what its called?

Originally Posted by Ziander

There is an andriod app for here does anyone know what its called?

You probably should of started a new thread for this question but the app is tapatalk

Originally Posted by Ziander

I decided to change the shave and use cold water this morning. Not gonna lie was petrified I was gonna spend the day in pain. I was very pleasently suprised. Zero irritation BBS shave and the heat I feel after the shave never came. Might have discovered a new way for me to shave.

According to the 1905 book Shaving Made Easy, cold water shaving is actually the proper way to do it. Shaving made easy; what the man who shaves ought to know .. : 20th century correspondence school, New York. [from old catalog] : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Read pp. 50-52. It says that you want cold water to make the whiskers stiff and brittle so they will comfortably shave off. Hot water softens the whiskers and makes it more difficult for the razor to shave them off.

The idea sounded so absurd to me that I totally missed it the first time I read this book.

To be honest with you I shave with hot water most of the time but it's really the wrong way.

I could never do it with cartridge razors.

I have been meaning to try this.

I am just fearful of shivering

In the 4 years since I started shaving with a straight, I am still undecided on hot, warm or cold for lather, but the best part of every morning's shave is the cold (Colorado winter cold!) water rinse after the alum block. My face feels satin smooth and tingly.