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Celebrated my 100th this morning! A big Thank You to all of the members here, what a great forum we have! Anyone who is just starting out.. don't get discouraged.. it WILL all come together...Used my new Dovo Palisander... great razor...Attachment 172165
Congrats. I can relate because I'm on my 90th and I feel like the shaves have noticeably improved. How do like the mwf? Been thinking about trying it.
You mean you count your shaves?
That's the first and second time I ever heard that.
Does anyone else do that?
Now we all want to know.
Well if I received my razor on 4/9 it isn't too hard to figure out how many I have under my belt
MWF works great for me... no problems making lather, very slick.... top of my rotation!
LOL nice count tracking lads,
I can only guess based on a 3 shaves per week average for 56.5 weeks since 11th June 2013 that I am at about 170 shaves, probably a few more in reality as I was every 2nd day for the first couple of months but 3 a week would be a good average.
Read that I don't know how many times here when I was starting out... It will take about "100 shaves" until you get your **** together and start to figure out technique, beard growth,blade angle etc.... hell, sometimes I still can't get my chin right..:rant:Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
Good show for making it through all the shaves. By Jose, you're on your way.
I'm up to 340 shaves , 680 if you count when I shave my toes also
I have missed some days but then made up for it testing razors in a week but I am still NOT going to do the math :<0)
Well now you have me curious an doing math. I don't count my shaves but I am a 3-4 a weeker. < I know that's not a word. Congrats on sticking with it. Now back to that math...... :thinking:
Yup - I counted my shaves.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
I lurked here for awhile, and aside from the video I saw of Willi and, "The Manliest Shave", I started to read and follow Jack's posts, usually every day he would detail his shaving experience and such, just got me fascinated with the whole process. So when I came to start, I just naturally looked to the number of shaves being some type of milestone.
I found 20, 50 and then 100 shaves were all benchmarks for me and how I was improving and learning...and that's what's great about this art/hobby, you can always find yourself suddenly learning something new or doing something differently....
And here I thought I was starting to do pretty well...
Counted the days since I received my first razor and it's been a whopping 28 days. At an average of 3-4 per week I have somewhere around a whopping 15 shaves under my belt. :rofl2: Guess I still have a way to go before I hit my epiphanies.
haven't really counted , but I have to agree it takes a bunch to finally get to where they are coming together nicelyspendur doesn't count because he started with a rock before steel was made ,, just kidding ,, don't send mr. L after me tc
I have yet to achieve this level of mastery, this video is what got me interested, actually more like fascinated with straight shaving, and after much searching, the video led me here, where it turn out Willi is/was a member, and debate raged whether the video was sped up or not. Landing here, I found a member who posted basically a daily journal on his first 100 shaves, and that was it, I was hooked.
When I first saw the title of the video, and saw the start screen, I thought he was going to shave with the kitchen knife hanging on the wall in the background...
Willi keeps it real simple, real fast, and aside from a little weeper, wipes out a beard in minutes flat...this is a repost of the video, but for those who are new to straight shaving, watch and learn!!! ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4IRoaJH34
I remember my 100th. It was a great shave but I did not accomplish consistency until about 150. Now they are all great
What you need is one of those counters they have in pool halls mounted above your head in your shave den. With each shave you push another disk and after so many you push them all back and start over or have one stacks 1s another 10s and another 100s and another 1000s.
Congratulations!!! i wish you other 100 :D
Just passed 257 today. It gets better all the time. So glad I stuck with it
Oh yeah....it's become a way of life, still to this day, not once have I ever not looked forward to a shave, or afterwards, not felt both physically and mentally refreshed...congratulations!Quote:
Originally Posted by cubancigar2000
Count them? Ahem well err... Yeah in the beginning I kept both a log and a diary. By date recorded products, shave results, any bugs and took photographs. Designed experiments to fix bugs and rechecked results.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
Took USB microscope pictures of my skin and the blade. Read endlessly on SRP. Around 50 shaves it clicked, I kept all the data logging going for another 50 or 60 shaves.
Now I just shave and rotate the products, all my shaves vary between good, great, and perfect. Since I don't really have any serious bugs now (burn, stubble, bumps, cuts, and so forth), I don't feel the need to log everything.
So no I don't count anymore, but I sure did in the beginning. I recorded everything like a lab experiment.
It helped me turn the corner at 50 shaves. YMMV
Best,
Ed
Actually I keep an Excel database on my laptop and I enter the date, what razor, what soap or crème and the results of the lather and shave. I really enjoy going back to see what the best lathers and razors were. I also record my honing for each razor. After I enter that info, I email a dear friend who sr shaves and is my mentor. We compare notes daily and learn a lot from each other. The amazing part is I score the shave on a 1 -15 and now I can see the steady increase in perfection since day one. My shaves started out around a 6 and nearly every one now is a 15
Sure - I marked the first 20, 50 and then 100 shaves....not for any particular reason other than as a reference regarding my progress. By 50, I was starting to get the ATG on a consistent basis, by 100, most had come together, now not a lot changes, but occasionally a certain new way of doing something will just evolve...right now, it's getting scything the neck area to get a consistent clean shave seems to be the thing.
Also, when I was lurking here, Jack, another member from Toronto, had journalled his first 100 shaves, was a fascinating read, so the idea of your 100 first shaves stuck in my head. :)
Am retired,and tired,would take me 1.5 yrs to hit 100 shaves:)
LOL well I am retired and tired too but sr shaving is one way to relax. I enjoy it immensleyQuote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Give it some time till the thrill is gone:)Quote:
Originally Posted by cubancigar2000
No matter how many shaves yah got under your belt....you have to bring your "A " game, every time.....the blade is not very forgiving !!! Congrats on the 100... Probably don't need the DE for clean up now...LOL
+1 on that statement. If you don't bring your A game, you wont get a nice shave. It is a challenge but a good and fun oneQuote:
Originally Posted by nessmuck
