Hey guys, now that I have tickled your fancy, I stumbled upon some little trick a few minutes ago during a really great shave I just had.

I did the normal two passes and decided to do a little touching up tonight. Grabbing my DE89L I noticed it was covered in lather. (By the way Shea butter soap a friend made which on it's own is incredible!)

So anyway, right back to my lathered covered razor. Not wanting a repeat of last week where I took a chunk of meat out of my cheek, I decided to do what any absent minded user would do and wrapped my razor in a piece of paper towel, giving it about another inch and a half of height.

Now I'm not sure even I understand this but this longer handle gave me the ability to really get the angle I wanted to touch up some areas against the grain which normally are taboo for shaving.

Has anyone else used a longer razor and found it particularly useful for fine work?

Also, during my shave prep, I started leaving my brush, and soap in the bowl with hot water. The soap becomes easier to develop a lather with once I drain the water, and the cost of using a little soap leads to a much more pleasurable hot lather that is great on glide. Anyone try this either?