Hello str8 razor friends,

After experimenting with shaving oils, then just plain plant oils like sweet almond and olive oils as pre-shaves, decided to try normal greasing and moisturising skin creams with a str8, without soap. The results have been surprisingly good. The shave is amazingly close, the str8 "remembers" very well the difference between whiskers and skin, and the skin takes more passes without irritation. Shaving is smoother as well, as the str8 glides better. Just have to wipe the razor quite a few times, rinsing does not work.

By comparison, for my skin (sensitive, dry) / beard (hard) combination, shaving soaps, even good ones, tend to pull grease from the skin. When using these, I nearly always add oil or glycerin.

For someone with an oily skin tending toward acne and similar problems, the grease shave would probably not be the best solution.

Greetings,

lux