Thread: Flick, Swipe & Scythe - Knock Me Over With A Feather

If, a month ago, anyone told me that putting lather on my face and shaving with a straight would be be one of the nice parts of my day... d'oh - I'd a said they were crazy. Seriously. Then I saw this cool razor at a flea market. And the lurking began.

10 days and 10 SR shaves down the road I have to admit a morning shave is a very nice, peaceful, thoughtful, relaxing 20- or 30-minutes. It didn't take much to figure out stropping and two-handed shaving. Getting cozy with two-handed work seemed a bit of a stretch at first but was not that hard. After a week it's no surprise to shave in two (or maybe two and a half) directions and find large BBS patches when I'm rinsing off. And after 10 days the "Flick, Swipe & Scythe" is coming together.

After wearing a beard most of my life and, in general, hating to shave, I've found that what little I knew about shaving was wrong and that irritated skin is not a post-shave requirement. Thanks for sharing so much information here. I am glad I found The SRP and learned how to shave right, old school.

Scythe on my brothers.