Thread: Mirror, mirror on the wall

And if you wipe your backside with twenties....

http://www.homecenter.com/product_de...U%2E6918%2DAPC

Haven't tried it with a straight yet, but 95% of my shaving is in the shower with no mirror whatsoever. When trying to shave the back of you head and sides a mirror is useless, unless you want to use 2 or 3 of them.

Ok, so the first year I cut myself once a week ... now I am down to maybe once a month. You do get to know every hair on your head by shaving "blind".

Picked this one up this afternoon from Bed Bath & Beyond for $30 and put it up this evening. Will try it out in the morning! Seems well made for the price. http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/prod...p;SKU=11726275

I bought one of those 1x 5x mirrors that Ray sells at Classic Shaving. Expensive ($50) but it works great. At first I did not care for the 5x, but now I really like it. You can see the individual whiskers being cut, and you can see why you don't cut certain areas well.

You can see where you are going too much with the grain for example, and just what angle of approach works best. The 5x has convinced me that all my razors are plenty sharp, and that my technique is what makes the difference. I can see that some difficult areas are in mini valleys. I can use the tip of the razor to get into those valleys and it works great. In other areas, the grain of my beard is too strong, and it will lie flat no matter what. There, I have to go a bit side grain. I can see that going over some areas time and again makes no improvement - that I have to approach that area differently.

It takes a while to get used to shaving with 5x, but once you do, it is really valuable.

Bob

Bob: interesting. i can get great shaves with my straights on my cheeks but i dont do well on my neck. even with a feather straight. ive got a 3x cheapo mirror i will try tonight. if that works, and i do better, ill buy rays. or maybe go to bed bath and beyond. any other tips on how to get a stubborn neck ?

sam