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OK, so the cold water helped the irritation a little but it seems my shaves have been getting progressively worse. I was beginning to think it might even be the Col Conk soap. Last shave it seemed...

Yeah, I drew some zigzag pencil marks all across the face and put a piece of sandpaper on a flat surface and sanded until all the pencil marks were removed. I then applied the CrOx and wiped off the...

Cold water it is! Less irritation. I didn't shower before and after I washed my face I dried it off before applying the lather. I could tell the lather was thicker this way. Followed with cold...

All valid arguments. I mean barbers having been using hot towels for how long? As far as drying the face first, I'll find out. My face technically will still be wet with the lather. I just found...

I think I will try the cold water shave and drying the face before applying the lather! I think I had my face too wet and the lather was disappearing too soon. Thanks again for that link!

Ok, I read the online book "Shaving Made Easy" provided in a link by CaliforniaCajun and there is some advice in the book that is contrary to all the preshave prep I've read on this site and others....

Stonebraker I know what you mean. It seems my face gets irritated as I'm lathering before the razor even hits hit, then I have to shave over it. It does this in the areas I had problems with the...

Yeah, it was actually Vintage Blades brand cream in a tub that was drying out. Ironically, that was the least irritating shave. But I had to keep adding water and lathering constantly.

Thanks CaliforniaCajun! Great links too! I've seen both videos and they make it look effortless. I did notice something when I watched the shaving video again though. He is very confident in his...

Yeah that makes sense. Maybe I'll let my face rest a day or two!

If it could be my stropping technique should I maybe get a balsa strop and try a few passes with CrOx? To rule out the stropping and narrow it down to shaving technique?

I got some Vintage Blades brand shaving cream. After the first use I threw it in the trash because it dried up really quickly and when I shaved it off there were little white flakes flying around...

I'm on about my 6th shave. I know I shouldn't be expecting much but one shave will go good and hardly any irritation, the next won't, blade catching and not really gliding. I'm not even doing a 3...