Method Shaving Video!

I was whatching this video and thinking that this is the opposite of what i looked for when embrassing wet shaving (1st with a DE now with a Straight Razor)!! One of the reasons was to "slow down" a little.. to relax! With this method i will get with stress and the day is starting! And i cannot imagine myself doing this after a hard day at work!http://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/smilies/smile.gif..not to mention my face will be on fire for the next couple of days..or i would need a skin transplant (since i'm a "Newbie")!
I believe the products are good! But this "method" doesn't fit for me.. not to metion the consequences of doing that with a straight razor (was mentioned in the video that this could also be done with a straight)..:eek:!

What are your thoughts about it? Have you try (the "method")? Does it work for you?

Method Shaving Video: From Mix to Finish

I tend to use the Method routine from time to time. Its not as long and complicated as one thinks. If you do decide to use a brush, you should use something along the lines of a Chubby 3. Thats what I use.

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Originally Posted by IsaacRN

I tend to use the Method routine from time to time. Its not as long and complicated as one thinks. If you do decide to use a brush, you should use something along the lines of a Chubby 3. Thats what I use.

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With a DE or a Str8? And you don't get cut, or razor burns?..and you don't get with "stress" after that?
I "found" this video because i was looking to improve my shaving "time"! I spent 40 minutes with the pre-shaving, shaving and pos-shaving..and i wanted to do it in 20 min..during the business days - but i dont want to be less than this:)..or like this video shows..! Maybe its not so complicated, but i get with stress just watching it!

(Wow a Chubby #3! Best or Super?..they both are very very nice ones!)

At the present time I use a straight razor five days a week and a Gillette Fatboy DE on Tuesday and Wednesday when I go to work. I am a pediatrician and O-Dark-30 hours on those two days do not lend themselves to the relaxation of a straight razor shave. I'll focus on Tuesday and Wednesday.
* Shower
* During the shower brush is in hot water
* Post shower load brush with shaving soap
* Form shaving cream in a large coffee cup with some hot water
* Lather face
* First pass WTG using Feather blades
* Relather
* Second pass XTG using Feather blades
* Warm water cleaning
* Ice water splash
* Finish
This produces an outstanding shave.

Lewis

Its a well made video. Some of the ideas are pretty good. I use some of them and they are very similar.

For example, I use a base of ordinary soap.

I'd don't have the skill to move a DE like that but I probably could, but then I would have to buy the products I think. For me shaving has never been about expensive or propietary products.

I think the two big epiphanies in cutting down on shaving time is that prep is important and that 500 strokes are not required. Two strokes, one N/S and one E/W, if done properly, should be plenty.

Man, I couldn't see myself doing that every morning. IMO, it's waaaaay too much.

Wow that was fun to watch. I don't use that many strokes in a week of shaving. I was inpressed with the speed without cuts, I think he does have a good point on being dry as a major factor in getting cut.

Crom

I've never used a DE-- is it typical to do so many passes? He must have done dozens against any piece of skin in that video.

I do 3 with the straight and get BBS.

-Chief

That seemed like a lot of work just to get a close shave. He's certainly enthused about the process. But my god man, that's a lot of effort for a good shave. I suppose I shouldn't knock it until I try it. But some things I don't have to try to know I won't like it.

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Originally Posted by BHChieftain

I've never used a DE-- is it typical to do so many passes? He must have done dozens against any piece of skin in that video.

I do 3 with the straight and get BBS.

-Chief

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I've used a DE and I never did that many pass',I always did 3, WTG,XTG,ATG and done,so when i watched that i was like ... WTH.:confused:..seems more like a wish to get a nasty cut than a nice shaving experience.....

Ouch, the razor burn is all could think about. I suppose if you had sensitive skin this wouldn't work for you. I kind do like the lather prep though. I might give that a try, but I don't think It would take any less time to create a that lather than it does with my soap.
I've never tried DE or SE, does it really take that long to shave with one, that you have to create a whole new method, of shaving? With the cartridges I could shave in just as little time as he did. I don't mean to compare the two but they seem similar enough, that I would shave the same way with either of them.

Gentlemen,

I have come to realize that I must shave using methods that work best for me. That sometimes means going against convention. At the same time, I continue to refine my technique, whether with a double edge or a straight edge.

As a rule, I use the double edge when in a hurry. That as well as devoting one day a week to the double edge so that I do not lose my skills. With the double edge I have reduced my shave to two passes — north-south, east-west — and clean up.

The experiment continues with the straight edge, though. I continuously work toward gaining ground on the two-pass shave, with cleanup — north and south, east and west. The neck is a problem, of course, and thus far I remain on the three-passes method. But I am working on cutting that down to two as well.

Regards,

Obie