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Perfect, ever? Maybe. Perfect always, I guess not. Nine months down the road and perfection isn't something I'm looking for anymore. The truly BBS, silky smooth in all places and all directions,...

All I do at work is test and retest in a world of imperfect and insufficient data. At home I am tickled to use intuition or just fly by the seat of my pants. :D

Jimbo nailed down my nemesis in...

Odd. Maybe it's the new Fitjar soap or working in lather with fingers or the Dubl Duck 4/8 Special #1 or better stropping technique or more cold water and no hot towel or studying the face map or a...

Well, what the hell...

The same way life is too short to shave with Barbasol and a meat grinder, life is also too short to worry about perfect shaves except, maybe, once every week or two (like,...

And until now I thought my fear of owls and shaving was irrational.

A month ago I thought a perfect shave was going to be one thing away but the perfect shave is a confluence of many elements. A...

Last night I spent about 90-minutes trying to take a letter-opener quality razor I bought up to shave-ready. Three stones, some stropping and a lot of patience was finally rewarded with a blade that...

A return to the DD Dwarf without uber-prep madness. Some Proraso preshave and Williams soap on wetted skin.

Better stretching, sharper edge and busting big-city guillotine moves down the neck...

The blade is essentially a very short straight locked into a perpendicular handle; the "guard" isn't for your face, it's to protect the blade from being bumped. I would say the scary part is that it...

Tony Riddell was one of two or three who kept me out of trouble, mostly at Geelong and other automotive related sites,

The elusive perfect shave advances 1 1/2 steps. The big change this week was...

I was trying to fight this off until 2014.I'll have a go with your methods this weekend. Thanks for the advice!

Hey! My old mates. Didn't know Protector merged with Alsafe. I am out of date. Hope Redback hasn't merged with Perrier to make alcohol- and hops free beer.

I wanted to offer something that would counter your avatar. ;)

I feel like the pursuit of the perfect shave is winding down. Having gotten more razor consciousness (by buying more razors - :D ) I am snarfing out the finer shaving points of wedges, semi-hollows...

Not seen a copperhead (yet) all summer. I know they're around 'cause I haven't seen a mouse, either.

Hoi. Simple minds and simple pleasures. :D Never thought shaving could be such a hoot.

I executed the not-recommended and seldom discussed "4th Pass" this morning. Mostly cruising for leftover...

And yet another epiphany... I read many veterans here are vigilant about keeping their razors (other than the blade) and hand(s) dry. I have really enjoyed swishing a razor clean in the sink but, as...

And, ba-da-bing... a little-by-little experience changed the game this morning. A very sharp edge, wet lather, a properly shallow angle, mega-stretch and a short downward ATG stroke slid into a bit...

I see better why it takes a few months or more to get the hang of it. You must keep practicing one thing until you can do it well enough to change it. :D I've been experimenting with moving scales...

Took a weekend off from shaving and let things settle out. I returned to the elusive smooth-in-three-directions neck shave without particular enthusiasm. However, I returned with the Dubl Duck...

I want to believe there is a grip that'll do the trick but, so far, it has escaped me. Might just need more time and technique to find what's literally right under my nose. :)

Yes, re. the #4 thing. Pretty much invisible spots known only to me and my wife (who enjoys checking out the results each morning). She humors me. ;) So, I guess, I am pretty much there. I can...

This thought hurts more than a nick.

I swear it's down to one thing. Am I the only one? :D

OK, so it's only a month. I know you have to allow three but I really am having great luck with the good advice here. I am missing a 100%...