Thread: Advanced shave technique: or is it?

Good job. You do not seem to make an excessive amount of lather. Is the water hard where you live? My lather is like that if I do not use rainwater. I do my ATG on a second pass. I have shaved in the dark on ocassion. We all seem to rely on feel more than sight when shaving. What species of razor and how do you tune it to shave that smoothly? You do a no-nonsense shave in a quick time. This is what I am getting better at myself. Thanks, Robert

Hello Sandy - I do much the same, and I'm sure I have seen Harry H Corbet ("Harold" in Stepto & Son) doing this in one of the 1970s episodes of Steptoe.

Regards,
Neil

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The way I get around it is by doing one of a few things. Either doing a regular WTG pass first, meaning the skin is lubricated but clear of lather. Other ways of addressing the problem could involve using a shaving oil, though that has similar risks I guess. Finally it could be done a bit at a time. TBH I dont know exactly how I do it, I just do. Next time I shave i'll see if I can get it recorded.

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The facial conortions still serve me well in places: jawline and chin in particular. But this seemed to be something that meant there was no need for contortions on my cheeks.

HAHA!! You rule Sandy!

I tried it this morning BTW (look for my lovely picture of today's gear in SOTD soon). It was hard to get my brain to want to use that technique. Ever since my first shave I've shaved WTG on both sides (under my sideburns), and not needed to do more than one pass. The method you show worked fine, but it seemed more cumbersome than I need personally. I can take a longer pass, and still get BBS in that area WTG. Obviously YMMV.

Wait, i'm confused. Did you try the technique? Did it help you? Are you being sarcastic? Are you laughing at our joke?

So confused.

I did try it. It did work. It was just odd. Tough getting my brain to reverse the technique I've been so comfortable using.

I was laughing at your comment left for me: