Thread: Scrambled Eggs

I learned something very valuable this morning during my experimentation with returning to the basics of straight razor shaving.

When I was learning to cook and trying to perfect my scrambled egg recipe, I did not get it right until a chef told me "If the eggs are cooked in the pan, they will be over-cooked on the plate". I'm sure you have seen tough scrambled eggs sitting in a pool of water. These were done in the pan, and then carry over cooking ruined them on the plate. So you need to know when to stop cooking, because the eggs were going to change following the cooking process.

So applying this to straight razor shaving, I have been trying to get an absolute BBS while shaving. No whisker or stubble on my face was safe from my gleaning. But in today's experiment, I did not do what I refer to as my polishing pass. And to my surprise, I have a BBS shave with none of the discomfort, no razor burn, and, I'm pretty sure I can do this again tomorrow. So the point here for me is "BBS during the shave means I've over shaved". When the skin and whiskers shrink back down, the real shave is reavealed. So stopping sooner than I had been gives a great BBS shave and none of the side effects. This is the key for me. I only have a sample of 1, but I think it will be repeatable.

I am sure the seniors have learned this, but it was an awakening for me.

Cheers,

David