Hey guys,
Do you guys have a hard time moving down your face face and stretching your skin? I find that if I put on some pre-post proraso cream on, my skin gets super slippery and my hand just slides off. Anyone experiencing the same issue?
JF
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Hey guys,
Do you guys have a hard time moving down your face face and stretching your skin? I find that if I put on some pre-post proraso cream on, my skin gets super slippery and my hand just slides off. Anyone experiencing the same issue?
JF
If you pick up an alum block you can rub your fingers on it and they will lose all slipperyness. An Alum block is only a few bucks... try barber supply house, or health food store (they sell it as a natural deoderant).
Good luck.
Dave
I saw a guy on youtube that had a small piece (2" square) of terrycloth that he held in his off hand to stretch the skin. Looks like it works great. I am going to get some but until then i have been using a bit of TP to do the same thing. Maybe a couple of rubber fingers would do as well?
Cloth comes out at 53 seconds.
YouTube - Straight razor shave
--Shoki
I gave up the face stretching with the hand long ago. I have found ways to manage without it. I must admit that some of the facial contortions look a bit goofy but they work for me and there's never anyone else in the room when I shave.
I use the aluminum also. Seems to work fine.
I use the Tweezerman Skin Rake:
Fortunately I don't need to stretch my skin. Last week-end when I shaved with a hatchet I did not need to stretch at all. Came out great, but THERE IS A REASON WHY WE DON'T SHAVE WITH HATCHETS.
I use these photos as a guide:
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/memb...face-12765.jpg http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/memb...0-strechy.jpeg
bill
I dont stretch my face as good as I should. Its a pain in the butt but I seem to get by. The cloth idea may work and Ill have to try it.
Dups,
You may want to cut back on the amount of Proraso pre/post that you are using. I've been using it as a preshave for 2 years straight (pun intended) and hand slippage has never been an issue for me. I generally use an amount smaller than an almond before lathering.
BTW - a special thanks to harpman for providing the creepiest pics I've laid eyes on in a while...:roflmao
My wife cut me out a 2" square of ShamWow. I hope it works. Looks like a giant Cheese It.
Update used it this morning... Worked Great!
that's the guy from thesuperiorshave.. not only does he use both hands to hold the razor.. i generally don't notice people shave their neck before their face.. but whatever works..
I don't think I could use the two hand approach, but he seems to know what he's doing. Whatever works I guess.
Yes but I smooth my skin more than stretch it so a little lather does
not bother me even the slippery stuff like Proraso or Tabac.
I start by stretching (smoothing) my sideburns up by pulling from above in the hair.
As the razor removes lather I stretch from the clean bits.
Remember that you can stretch (smooth) by stretching skin
in front or behind the razor.
My old barber used to slide his thumb over the skin clearing lather
when trimming my neck or sides. In part this was to see better
but it makes the point that lather is not needed under the razor
as much as lather keeps the whiskers 'softened' for the razor.
He would lather, strop while lather rested then shave.