Thread: My sixth wet shave goes cold

I decided to try something different to my routine during my sixth wet shave. I decided to cold water shave.

My routine still involves taking a hot shower and soaking my brush in warm water, but once the initial lather is applied, all razor and face rinses are with cold water.

Intially, I found the idea of cold water shaving unappealing and lesser quality shave. However, my assumptions were wrong.

I find the benefits of cold water shaving to be a closer, less irritation prone shave with no extra effort. I think the cold water keeps the skin taught, so the whiskers stand up a bit more and are more easily cut.

I highly recommend it.

Cold water shaving has only been around since the invention of shaving, give or take a millennium or two. It's been a debate since hot water started to be used by the upperclasses. I would almost venture to say that it is a fifty-fifty split on cold or hot water shavers here. Search cold water shaving to see the many threads on the subject.

BTW, you being in Houston it would be to your benefit to contact Sharptonn, one of our excellent Mentors. What he has forgotten about wet shaving exceeds what most of us are just learning.

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