Thread: Cold water shave is the best & worst ever

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I don't know about that but a couple of weeks ago there was a thread suggesting, IIRC, washing the face, rinse and dry, apply Bay Rum and then lather. I did this and it was very nice.

I would say it's the same since I believe it's the alcohol that stands the whiskers up, right? If that's the case, then I imagine an inexpensive brand of witch hazel would work just as well.

It sounds really logical, and that's part of why we use shaving brushes -- to stand the whiskers up.

Thanks, but "No thanks!"

I'd have to be crazy as a loon, to do a single cold-water shave (let alone, make it my default method).

Y'all live down there in sunny South Florida, with your heat 'n humidity, and I daresay that it's not only efficacious, but downright refreshing!

But up here in Fairbanks, AK, it's just a non-starter.

(wanna buy a bridge?)

Originally Posted by JBHoren

(wanna buy a bridge?)

Are you selling your upper or your lower ?

I tried this also and lemme tell ya, the cold water stuff really works. I still take a hot shower, dry my face and the only time hot water is used is to rinse off my razor.

Originally Posted by TommyShave

I tried this also and lemme tell ya, the cold water stuff really works. I still take a hot shower, dry my face and the only time hot water is used is to rinse off my razor.

Welcome to SRP. I found it is good to rinse out the brush with hot too. I'm thinking the cold would leave residue in the bristles.

Hey,

could you guys give me some specifics of the technique.
1. Wash your face with hot water?
2. Cold water rince
3. dry your face
4. lather up and shave?

I'm very interested in this method and I'd like to get your feedbacks. I trying looking through the old book, but couldn't find exactly where it was.

Thanks

JF

Originally Posted by Dups

Hey,

could you guys give me some specifics of the technique.
1. Wash your face with hot water?
2. Cold water rince
3. dry your face
4. lather up and shave?

I'm very interested in this method and I'd like to get your feedbacks. I trying looking through the old book, but couldn't find exactly where it was.

Thanks

JF

You've pretty much got right there.
Wash face like normal. But lather the soap or cream with cold water, and do all razor rinsing as you do your passes in cold water too. The "old book" is at a link at the first post by jimmyhad on this thread.

Originally Posted by Dups

Hey,

could you guys give me some specifics of the technique.
1. Wash your face with hot water?
2. Cold water rince
3. dry your face
4. lather up and shave?

I'm very interested in this method and I'd like to get your feedbacks. I trying looking through the old book, but couldn't find exactly where it was.

Thanks

JF

Thats pretty much exactly the routine I used last night for my first cold water shave, worked great. I used a clarifying shampoo to wash my face,rinsed with hot water, rubbed in lather with fingers,stropped, rinsed with cold water, lathered, shaved, rinsed with cold water, lathered, shaved to touch up what I missed, rinsed with hot water, applied AS and enjoyed a very close comfortable shave. I only used WTG passes and the shave was close to, if not, as close of a shave I have ever gotten with the hot prep and WTG, XTG, XTG shaves. I had always shaved with cold water and cartridges, thought about trying it with straights, Frankenstein nearly had me talked into it, the original post by LuckyCynic and JimmyHAD's experiment pushed me over the edge and I am glad it did. I will never doubt Frankenstein again, well not as easily.

Seems like Frankenstein has created a monster once again .

Dups, my routine per my interpretation of the book is as follows'

put cold water onto the soap puck and have a hot shower

dry off and create lather in a bowl

lather on dry face with cold lather. Rub it in throughly with the fingers. Do not rinse, just re-lather with the cold stuff.

Ist pass WTG

Do not rinse, re-lather with cold stuff again.

For my second pass I use the same combination of XTG and ATG I always have.

Rinse with hot water, dry , apply A/S of choice.

That is what I have been doing and it seems to be working well for me. Take what you like and leave the rest.

Last night I decided that the cold water during the shave has been better for me, as each shave over the last dozen or so seems to be closer than the last. I still use the hot towels during my prep and when I'm done all of my passes just cuz it feels so damn nice hahaha. But cold water does seem to do the trick before lathering for each pass and , of course, when I finish with the last hot towel.

My 2 pennies