Thread: Every day shave experiment.

Very interesting thread here. I've now been straight razor shaving for nearly two years. One spends a fair amount of time just getting used to the newness of it all, the shaving, the equipment, the techniques, the stropping, the honing, etc. Somewhere around the one year mark comfort with it all starts to settle in; right hand, left hand, the 3 passes, the neck, the chin. The nicks, cuts, and blood become less and less.

Something I've noticed, and commented to my wife on, is how I classify my need for a shave. I presently have the 24 hour shave, the 34 hour, and the 48 hour. With improvement of my shaving skills, I'm finding the 24 hour shave is too soon. Just not enough whiskers have grown back for a comfortable shave, even for this 57 year old grizzled face. I suppose this could be measured as success. I have arrived as a competent straight razor shaver. However if I go 34 hours till my next shave, I'm saying to myself, I really need to shave. The 48 hour shave happens only because I couldn't get home or to a truck stop with shower to shave earlier. By then, of course, I'm a whiskered mess in dire need, desire of the blade.

Also I've noticed if I have too many 24 hour straight razor shaves in a row, my face does become tender. Strangely I've found myself rubbing my face at the end of the day, ready to head to the truck stop showers and say, nope, not tonight.

UPDATE: Just finished unload Saskatoon, SK. Return Houston, TX empty.