Hey all,
So it's been almost a year (7 months) since I started shaving with a double edge. I've been using my Edwin Jagger 89L daily and really have taken a shine to this razor when I lost track of how many shaves I got from my Gillette 7'Oclock yellow.
Right off the bat I could tell it was at least 4 shaves in, I usually stop after the third shave and take a new blade. Since my hands were wet, face full of lather and I keep my razor tightened pretty well, I figured that I would try something new tonight.
I found that faster strokes with a duller blade give a very satisfying shave. (next time I'll try a newer blade) I combined it with a little TOBS Rose shaving cream (The scent grows on you after a few shaves) and not only did I shave with quicker strokes, I didn't stop to wash the lather off of the razor.
For some reason I decided to further bend the taboos of wet shaving and just randomly shaved my face where ever it felt right.
The result?
Well, despite having lather on my hands from not washing the razor off (not such a problem) it yielded me with three passes, no irritation 98% baby butt smooth skin.
For some reason it appears that it slices through the hair better. It reminds me of when I once walked past a physics classroom in college with a chart for cutting certain materials that required a certain amount of rpm's for the cutting wheel to get through.
Anyone have any similar results with my method of shaving?