Thread: My progress so far

Most of you know I'm new to straight razors and that I ordered my first ever cutthroat razor online(Dovo Ebony carbon steel vintage razor) and it has come in. I'm three shaves in, but I still haven't moved to the neck yet. I started off on just the sideburns down to my chin, then moved on to the entire side of my face, and just now successfully shaved my upper lip and chin as well with no cuts.

I started mixing my lathers today and here's what I used, Col. Conk's Almond scented soap, 2 drops of glycerine, 1 drop of australian tea tree oil(which unless you have acne or blisters only serves to man up the scent). I had a pre shave treatment of a hot shower, and a facial wash of Nivea energized facial scrub.

For the post shave treatment, I applied Nivea's post shave balm and a splash of Aqua Velva after shave.

I think it worked well together, but I'll look for a better oil counterpart than tea tree tomorrow.

Sounds like you are well on your way to a fine shave.

As far as the tea tree oil, what are you working towards?

Most of the time a few drops glycerin to the soap if it is not glycerin based is all I add,

now my homemade pre shave oil if I use it is a different story.

Originally Posted by pfries

Sounds like you are well on your way to a fine shave.

As far as the tea tree oil, what are you working towards?

Most of the time a few drops glycerin to the soap if it is not glycerin based is all I add,

now my homemade pre shave oil if I use it is a different story.

honestly I'm just having fun with making lathers.

Just be careful with that, soaps and creams are powerful things to mess with...

and you can be hooked, even over a weekend of innocent experimentation.

Haha, as I'm finding out.
I think if I'm going to experiment, I might as well go for something with health benefits.