Thread: Perfect shave

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Are you practicing for a shave race?

Aren't you?

I have been pushing my times lower and lower and hope to finish well enough to qualify for nationals in the upcoming straight shave time trials.

There is no wrong way to wet shave as long as you are enjoying the results...and hopefully the process too.

It was humor Unit,,,Ace is aware of that , I'm sure.

Been wetshaving for about a year now.. I notice a lot of my irration when the angle of the razor is bad and lather is too dry I'm experimenting.. in search of the perfect shave .. some are better than others.. today's irration on neck was bad but think my angle was bad having fun!!

Me too, I have been buying different creams & soaps the past 6 months, some seem to have a learning curve with the lathering. I'm always looking for the best lather out of ecah.

carlmaloschneider posted in the thread Soon to be out of Proraso pre-shave, any recommendations? about skipping the preshave to concentrate on lathering, stropping, and shaving technique. Now, I follow the instructions found here: Great Shaving Lather, Fast and Easy using grocery store level shaving soap. I do get a decent fairly wet lather. My own problem being forgetting to re-lather before I go to clean up after my main pass. I have a small egg timer in the bathroom that we use to teach my son the proper amount of time to brush his teeth. I'll work the brush over my soap for that amount of time after soaking it while I take my morning shower and then proceed to face lather according to the instructions in the article.

That'll work,,,,,,,,

Originally Posted by Hirlau

It was humor Unit,,,Ace is aware of that , I'm sure.

I think I have lost my mojo (or never had it). My post was an attempt at humor. I fear I have been coming off all wrong to people all week (face palm).

Don't worry, I got you some more,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Thanks, friend

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Are you practicing for a shave race?

Ha! Made me chuckle. but you're right, the longer I spend making a nice lather, the better my shave. It offers the Zen of prep plus I guess the smaller bubbles improve the shave. So...you just had a whole bottle of Mojo sitting around the house huh?