Quote Originally Posted by MisterMoo View Post
Yes, re. the #4 thing. Pretty much invisible spots known only to me and my wife (who enjoys checking out the results each morning). She humors me. So, I guess, I am pretty much there. I can certainly settle for 90% perfection 90% of the time in all the optional things. It's SOOOOO much nicer than a Braun electric or the Schick HydroElectric Vibrato, which is pretty good. Corrective hair redirection surgery is out of the question.

So the daily 100% BBS shave may be something of an illusion. I suspected. There's no doubt I am very happy with my new shaving regime and that's not going to change. I'll just keep on keeping on then and see what changes in the next few months. I have seen that small changes in method can have big results
in the outcome. It will be fun to works the details a little each day while trying to achieve better sharpening skills. Better stropping might generate the next big improvement.

Item last - no, not killing my face or my fun. Just plodding along cheerfully every morning, pleased as can be. I much enjoy developing this skill! Thanks for the heads up and good perspective on the art.
I can assure you brother that the BBS is for real. I achieve it every time like this: Make a great lather and work it into your face with the brush, now buff it into your beard with your fingers. The goal is to make your beard stand up erect as possible. Let this lather stand while you strop your razor. Now wipe off this lather and re-lather with the brush. I shave 2 passes with the lather and touch ups are done with only water. The touchups are important to my shave.Since the lather has already done the heavy lifting, the water touch ups are gentle to the skin. This method is for straight shaving only..I believe it would be too harsh for DEs.