Thread: Have reached shaving nirvana: thanks guys!

OK, well, maybe not... but I can now shave with the straight exclusively, closer than a safety, & not nicking myself any worse than I would have done w/the safety. And I've only been doing this for a couple weeks! Thanks guys, I couldn't have done it without you! I wish I'd done this long ago.

This morning in fact. All it took was having my razors honed and a whole lot less pressure with the blade while shaving. No nicks, no burn!!! WOOHOO!!!

My closest and most comfortable shave yet!!!

Jeff

Jeff,

Congratulations to you! But, based on your post, it's TOMORROW's shave you better watch out for!

Randy

Pardon my ignorance, but why is tomorrow's shave the one to watch out for? I'll be using my TI tomorrow (used the Dovo today) which is the one that got me on Saturday but I plan on using a whole lot less pressure tomorrow versus Saturday.

I'll keep you posted...LOL !

Jeff

Okay, the bulb finally brightened. Because I said that today's shave was a great one, tomorrow's shave is probably going to be an arse-kickin' and a blood-lettin' shave.

Hopefully, I'll use the same caution and care that I've been using and it won't be too bad. LOL

Jeff

Originally Posted by rtaylor61

Congratulations to you! But, based on your post, it's TOMORROW's shave you better watch out for!

Randy

Amen my brother. Everytime I say something like that it angers the Shave Gods and I cut the living crap out of myself. I think I have been using my straight razor for about 7 months now, and even though I get consistently close shaves with no trauma, I still have much to learn.

I do love not buying those disposible blades anymore.

My thinking on watching out for tomorrow's shave really is more along the lines of "overconfidence". You, the Superman theory...I survived a close call, so now I am bulletproof!!!

I've seen a lot of guys bragging about their great DE shaves only to see that a day or two later they are back asking the "what happened" questions, and blaming their blades, razors, brushes, cream, prep work, humidity, Pres. Bush and anything/anyone else they can blame!

Randy

I was just happy that I got my first comfortable shave. Actually, if anything, I am overly cautious. I shave with extreme caution. It takes me 45/50 minutes to shave in the morning...about 5 to 10 of those minutes are beard preparation.

I have a whole lot of respect for what I'm holding in my hand. I've been shaving with a straight for about 6 weeks now. I'm far from accomplished, believe me. However, I am trying different things to learn what works and what doesn't.

Today's shave was okay. Only two nice nicks on each side of my chin. I didn't know Sandalwood shave cream lathered up red! LOL. Anyway, my chin is the most difficult area for me. Just can't get comfortable shaving that area. Anyone have any advice? Thanks,

Jeff

What I do for my chin is grip the blade by the spine between my thumb and my forefinger like gripping a (very wide) guitar pick. When I make the S->N pass, I grip it with the edge up & rest the back of my thumb under my chin & scythe using the wrist. This seems to lend extra control.

I was going to reply but then I remembered I nicked my chin this AM lol