Thread: Straights alongside shavettes

Originally Posted by donaldjr1969

I'd say about 99% of the time, that's what I do. However, there has been a couple times where I have been in a hurry (although I NEVER hurry the shave itself) and I get the razor dried and post-shave stropped (10/10 passes to clean the edge). My WH has already been applied but when I put on the balm, that's when I seem to notice it.

When that happens, I just leave it and get on with the day. Not worth going back for a little roughness.

Originally Posted by Sxot

When that happens, I just leave it and get on with the day. Not worth going back for a little roughness.

And that right there is my biggest problem. I am such a perfectionist at times when I do not need to be. I got this thing in my mind that if I do not get that rough area smooth, it will be fully visible by noon. I know that's not the case, but it bugs the heck out of me when it should not even be a concern.

Heck, when I took my very first open razor, my Magic shavette, to my face, I had to get everything nice and smooth. I got razor burn to the effect it felt like a good sunburn! That goes against everything Lynn said in his videos about doing just one cheek on your first SR/Shavette shave.

I'm quite bullheaded when I do not need to be. But I am pretty much beginning to learn that I do not need to be BBS for work.

Originally Posted by Sxot

When that happens, I just leave it and get on with the day. Not worth going back for a little roughness.

This for me, too. If I feel a small patch I did not get close enough, no one else is actually going to see it. I spent 40 years doing a one pass shave that was totally acceptable socially, even got through the military with it.
If I leave a little rough patch, I really don't worry about it. And it is certainly not really worth my time to go back after it once the shave is through. My routine involves touch up during the shave, anyway. Tomorrow is another day.