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Well sure and we each experiment with different methods and come up with what works best for us individually. I went from hot to cold water shaves, stropping 50/50 linen leather before the shave, to...

Back in '04 when storms caused power outages for 10 days once and 12 another time, I learned to take cold showers. Step in to the stream with your ankles first and ease in. By the time you get above...

Chapter 11, page 51/52.

While you're in the beginning stages of learning straight razor shaving it is not cheating to grab the DE to get the tougher areas. I did that my first month or so while I learned technique with the...

Full disclosure is that I've never been totally satisfied with my lathering hot or cold. I seem to be hit or miss no matter which way. I do all of my lathering cold though, the whole shave ritual,...

Two and a half years into the cold water shave ..... still enjoying it. :tu

I have tried going back to hot a couple of times over the past year. When I say a couple I mean exactly that, two times. Both times I got a good shave but it took twice as long because of the added...

Going by the pamphlet, I think it is linked in the OP, washing your face with warm water first may have skewed your results. I follow the pamphlet's instructions and my only prep is to lather with...

Glad you like it. Fifteen months now and I'm still shaving cold and loving it. Not for everybody but it is for me. :)

It ain't snowing in the bathroom is it ? :) Give it a go, you'll never know 'till you try.

IIRC the premise of the 1905 booklet was that a stiffer hair is more easily cut ? I haven't read it in some time. As far as temperature and the blade .... I used to run hot water over my blade before...

I do as the 1905 booklet recommends and lather, rub it in well with my fingertips and then lather again and shave.

I just use it as it comes out the tap. Nothing further than that. :)

Dan, I think there is something to that hot knife through butter deal. After I rinse my face with hot water at the end of the shave, dry it and apply the cold A/S that closes the pores following the...

I have always run hot water on my blade , DE or straight, and I still do . I prep and shave with cold water but I run hot on the blade before my first pass and rinse with hot throughout the shave....

Always a pleasure to hear from you Kelly. :)

Well I am not particularly science minded. I hear something and try it and if it works I go with it and if it doesn't I go back to what did work. For me I've become a confirmed cold water shaver....

Welcome to SRP. Well the pamphlet from 1905 that started all of this (with me anyway) said that the hot water would soften the whisker and make it more difficult for the blade to cut it. The cold...

Reading this post brought the cold shower (by necessity) back out of the mystic chords of memory. I found the trick to be pointing the shower head down and starting out at the feet/lower legs. As...

You're a better man than I am. :rock: :gl:

Edit; After posting the above I recalled the cold showers ..... once you get over the initial shock it really isn't that bad ... but that first blast of...

Back in '04 and '05 we had hurricanes which resulted in my losing power for 10 days once and 12 days on another occasion. I didn't take many of them but I took enough cold showers to know that I...

Ryan and others who've been giving the cold water shave a shot, just for the heck of it, going along with what the pamphlet recommended and for the sake of experimentation, try a couple of shaves...

Click on the link that Rob provided and there will be a tab within the page that opens to click on to join. The fastest growing club on SRP. :rock:

I am still enjoying the cold water shave but couldn't get with the new grip. I did take a brief stab at it .... no pun intended. :)

I guess it is like the old cigarette ad for Camel filters .... not for everybody. :) I am not selling my beloved Moss scuttle but it is in the cabinet under the sink and I don't foresee needing it...