Thread: Wiping the blade

Which method do all you guys use for wiping the cream/hairs off the blade between strokes?

1) Towell
2) Rinse under tap
3) Swirl in basin full of water
4) Paper
5) Palm of hand (barber style)
6) Thumb and forefinger

Use to do #1

Now use #2 careful not to get the Tang wet.

Depends on where I am......sounds weird but in the last few places I have lived in my lather was a different consistency. Some places the water allows the lather to be washed from the blade. Others I have to wipe on a towel/tissue.

#2 - Tap rinser

Tap rinse (carefully).

when I shave myself, I rinse under tap careful not to get the tang and the scales wet!
When I shave unother person I wipe the razor in a kitchen paper towell because I am away from tap water.

#2, careful not to hit the sink

#1 & #2. I rinse the blade carefully under the tap and then wipe the water off with a towel.

#2 followed by #1 here too!!

I used to swirl it off but that way one runs out of lather on the brush. Let me explain.

I use shaving cream either from a tub (Colleen's) or from a tube (Proraso or Palmolive sensitive skin). I put some on a wet brush and make a lather on my face. I do only one pass against the grain but passes do tend to overlap. So, after one area is done I re-lather the bit of the skin just done and adjacent to the part that comes next. That way the amount of lather on the brush gets less and less.

I have been thinking long how to solve the problem (I don't use a mug, don't want to whip up a lather in a mug anyway) so my solution is: I wipe it off with the brush and use it again. Sounds funny but works for me. Only disadvantage is you are left with tiny hairs on the face which you wouldn't have otherwise but that's easy taken care of.