So now that I have been into this double edge shaving for about a month so far I am getting a little bit experienced and I'm experimenting with a few things. This ultimately leads me to two questions:
I tried using what Mantic refers to as "Blade Buffing" and it really cleans up nice with virtually no irritation (depending how conscious I am) but I think I found a little trick/twist to this -
The water from my tap can get extremely hot. Although it did not burn my face it gave me a really incredible shave. I kid you not nearly 80% of my face went to BBS with absolutely no irritation in three passes using Colonel Conk amber soap and a pack of Gillette yellows with six days of use. (Writing this thread 12 hours later my face is clean enough to pass for a freshly shaven face).
1) I remember reading in a previous post that someone loves to do this but has anyone else tried this combination?
Also:
I just put in an order for 100 Gillette yellow packs as well as some "Ogallala Bay Rum, Sage and Cedar Soap" and some "Taylor Lavender Shaving Cream."
2) Has anyone ever tried these soaps? I found Obie's review of the Taylor but I didn't see much more listed about it.
I have written in the past about that 5 O’clock shadow right after the shave (that was using Derbys) but I have NEVER gotten such a clean shave before, even with Mach and Schick’s.:rofl2: