Thread: Barber shop shave today in Coevorden, the Netherlands

More and more barber shops are opening their doors these days in the Netherlands so I decided to have a barber shave, first in my life, today. I asked him to use my 7/8 Friodur, one of my sharpest razors.


Preshave with lots of cloves in it being rubbed onto my face.


Hot towel


Shave cream applied to my face. He uses ready for use shave cream by Suavecito that he pastes onto the skin.


The shave. Friodur is pulling a bit. It never pulls when I shave with it, so that must be the difference in skin prep. IMHO it is the shave cream being pasted rather than rubbed onto the skin as I do. He finished the shave with a DE, he didn't want to run the risk of irrititating my skin with a shavette. Next time I'll let him use his own tools.

He finished with Suavecito vanishing cream. Nice cooling cream. Afterwards a little razor burn and skin irritation below the jawline that vanished within an hour. I don't want to blame him as he was using a razor he was not familiar with.

Nice Kees.. give me a pm when you are in Amsterdam I give you a shave.

Originally Posted by kalerolf

Nice Kees.. give me a pm when you are in Amsterdam I give you a shave.

That would be great. Unfortunately I hardly ever go to the West.

Very cool, Thanks for sharing .

From the pics his angle is way too high . That would be my guess as to why it was pulling.
I guess he is more use to a shavette.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

From the pics his angle is way too high . That would be my guess as to why it was pulling.
I guess he is more use to a shavette.

Yep that is what I was going to say.

Probably self taught to use a straight.

My barber uses a shavette too, that's why I won't let him use one of my razors.

I have gotten a shave a couple of times, I never thought to bring one of my own razors for him to use! I can see how it would be difficult with unfamiliar tools, but at least your barber
was willing to try.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

From the pics his angle is way too high . That would be my guess as to why it was pulling.
I guess he is more use to a shavette.

Was thinking the same thing. What kind of angle do you use with a shavette?

Bob

It all depends on the shavette and the blade you have in it. My shavette is an old one made by the L.&A. Razor Co. and most of the time I have to use the thing with the spine and edge both on my face. As the blade gets dull I find myself increasing the angle. At the end of the blade life I'm probably two spine widths away from my skin. I rarely use it anymore, preferring my straights. Hope this helps.