Just finished my first, "cold shave", I have a fairly tough beard, two days worth of growth to give it a test.

Wow - felt great, seems a closer shave than with hot water, face seems cleaner as well.

No cuts, no burn - did my normal shave, which is one full WTG, then XTG on the cheeks and an ATG on the neck (my favourite part) and done!

Used my normal routine, only instead of hot shower, good solid face rinse with cold water, applied the usual Prorasso pre-shave, the used the badger brush with Prorasso lather, finished up as usual with the alum block (sooo soothing), bit more Prorasso pre / after lotion, then the usual aftershave.

Fantastic - AFAIK, if I don't need to shower, this will be the way, face seems cleaner than with warm / hot shave. Must admit, I was skeptical...

My two cents Cdn...