Thread: Finally Found Prep for Straights

For me, it's a combination of the warm water, the exposure to water, and the use of a good soap (all done in the shower) that make up my preshave prep. You have to get the oils off your beard before water can get to it, so if your soap cannot do that, your prep will suffer. I guess the stuff that guy posted about worked.

Just as a general note, you should probably give some credit where credit is due.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

For me, it's a combination of the warm water, the exposure to water, and the use of a good soap (all done in the shower) that make up my preshave prep. You have to get the oils off your beard before water can get to it, so if your soap cannot do that, your prep will suffer. I guess the stuff that guy posted about worked.

Just as a general note, you should probably give some credit where credit is due.

Not sure what you mean. I am the guy, as I said, I posted this on another forum and thought it might be appreciated here.

Originally Posted by matloffm

Not sure what you mean. I am the guy, as I said, I posted this on another forum and thought it might be appreciated here.

Oh, sorry, I misread that. Thought someone else had posted it on another forum.

I have a tough beard too. Showers help soften my tough beard, but I don't shower in the mornings before I shave. Using a glycerin soap bar to wash my face in the mornings has helped soften my beard lately. I follow it by lathering shave soap/cream on the face, stropping the SR, applying a hot towel on the face, then rinsing the face before starting my shave.

Giving credit where credit is due, in Whipped Dog's memo on straight razor shaving he mentions using hair conditioner on your beard as a pre-shave. I tried that for the first time about a week ago, and that has been working out great for me. Dr. Bronner's is going to get a try now also. I use that soap otherwise fairly often.

Originally Posted by lapin_agile

Giving credit where credit is due, in Whipped Dog's memo on straight razor shaving he mentions using hair conditioner on your beard as a pre-shave. I tried that for the first time about a week ago, and that has been working out great for me. Dr. Bronner's is going to get a try now also. I use that soap otherwise fairly often.

I've tried the hair conditioner method numerous times based on a tip I read on a different post, where a hair dresser recommended it to the forum user. It worked well for me, but not as well as the glycerin soap. I shave almost every day. Maybe if I let my beard grow out for a several days then the hair conditioner would have more of an affect.