Thread: What a 60+ yr veteran barber can teach you!

Long story short my papaws best friend has been his barber my entire life. I got to talking straight razor shaving with him hoping to score some vintage gear a while back. Though that didn't happen I did get some helpful tips. This lead to my most recent AH HA moment. I was using the same "stroke" for all three passes wtg,xtg,atg. I was getting great shaves but this is different. He told me to try very short even strokes wtg. Then longer strokes with no pressure for xtg. Then back to very short even strokes for wtg. So I did the last two shaves this way an WOW what a difference. Three passes no touch up an perfect irritation free shave. So just a tip to the newer shavers that mixing it up can make a huge difference.