So as I continue to be a sponge on this site and take advantage of the MANY years of experiences, mistakes, successes, knowledge and wisdom I began my second day with the SR. Mind you I haven’t shaven since Thursday early morning so I had a good couple of days of growth, which for me was pretty thick. So needless to say I had some reservations about the shave, but what the heck, it’s only a razor right. So I enjoyed my hot shower (one of my two necessities each day, hot shower or at least warm and 4 shots of espresso) Kiehls facial fuel and the other typical shower things. After the shower I got a great lather with the soap that I had, scent/brand I really don’t know, it works, probably a cheap one but as I await my good stuff purchased online it will work as I wanted to try something different then the Art of Shaving Lemon Shave Cream that I had previously used. Lather on, razor out(Art of Shaving Dovo) paddle strop in hand. Great stropping, and on to the shave. This time I didn’t use the preshave oil as I had done on my first shave and it paid off. The blade glided across the right side of my face, a couple of tiny tiny nicks but not much to talk about. All and all it was a great shave and that’s where I should have stopped. But I decided to move to the left for just a few strokes, just to see how the razor feet in my left hand. I took said razor in my hand and placed it to my skin but couldn’t do it, ok of course I could have but it felt so uncomfortable that I didn’t trust myself, so I took it back in the right hand and turned the blade so the scales were facing my left ear and the tip of the blade toward my nose and off I went, just a couple of short strokes, and bam, perfect. I stopped there, figure 4 days on the right cheek before Ill actually transition to the left for real. Cold water after the shave, fixed the nicks, and a nice Art of Shaving lemon after shave lotion. Can anyone suggest a good soap that has a musk(similar to something of Kiehls classic musk) or a good citrus.
Again thanks for everything
Christian