Thread: Best shave experience yet, I am hooked.

You have made a good case for the importance of prep for sure. If you think you are hooked now, imagine how it will be as your shaving skills grow, it only gets better! Good for you!

I can imagine. Just from the short experience I've had with wetshaving like this I can definitely say good prep is imperative for a pleasing experience. I can't to get my first straight and strop now. I also want to order a Castles Forbes cream sampler, and they're aftershave sampler as well, but those will have to wait; they're $42 and $48 respectively. I also want to try MWF, another $50. I figure if I go straight to the best, or what is considered among the best rather, and they work well for me i'll be less tempted to try everything out there and end up purchasing hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of soaps, creams, brushes(want to get a Heinrich L. Thater), colognes(if I really like one of the CF AS smells I may get the matching cologne for example), etc. Here's to hoping that works...

My point is, I know how easily obsessed I can become with a hobby I really like, it's happened before. Heck my gf already says I'm obsessed with this whole shaving business. I did express my intent at figuring it out as best I could before outright buying a bunch of stuff and try to avoid that by researching and getting the best I can that I think I will enjoy and will last me, thus save a lot of money and time.

Anyway, to get back on topic, I'm very eager for my next shave, as in I'm fighting with myself because I know I should let my face rest for at least one more day or so, but I really want to shave again and try the XTG and ATG passes again. And I want to see if using the soap again changes anything. I'm also gonna try doing a wet towel treatment with lather after getting out of the shower. Either that or lather up and let it sit for a couple of minutes before starting the shave; I just think I should let the lather really work its magic a little more before starting the first stroke.

You are doing well and enjoy the learning curve! Thanks for sharing your experience.

Pabster

A trick that many of us use with lather prep...

Wet the face throughly first, I mean really wet, dripping hot water, then lather, now relax, strop the razor time, pet the dog time, get another cup of coffee time "whatever time" but at least 3 full minutes...
Take a hot steaming cloth and wrap it around your beard with the lather, wait until it cools..
Wet your face, again, really well, now re-lather, and shave

Tell me how that works

I have yet to experiment with the hot towel... That sounds like a delightful suggestion though g.

Prep can definitely make a huge difference. I'm still learning exactly what my routine is, but I'm sure you'll find that it is a ton of fun to experiment!

Originally Posted by HColl

My point is, I know how easily obsessed I can become with a hobby I really like, it's happened before. Heck my gf already says I'm obsessed with this whole shaving business.

Anyway, to get back on topic, I'm very eager for my next shave, as in I'm fighting with myself because I know I should let my face rest for at least one more day or so, but I really want to shave again and try the XTG and ATG passes again. And I want to see if using the soap again changes anything. I'm also gonna try doing a wet towel treatment with lather after getting out of the shower. Either that or lather up and let it sit for a couple of minutes before starting the shave; I just think I should let the lather really work its magic a little more before starting the first stroke.

Your not obsessed, your passionate

When I first started shaving, I use to go ATG quite a bit, now it is a rare event. As you progress in shaving you may find out that you don't need it anymore to get BBS. Having said that all of our faces, beard types are different, the learning curve is quite exciting, we become our own personal barbers with the tools and the skills.

Originally Posted by Kingfish

Your not obsessed, your passionate

When I first started shaving, I use to go ATG quite a bit, now it is a rare event. As you progress in shaving you may find out that you don't need it anymore to get BBS. Having said that all of our faces, beard types are different, the learning curve is quite exciting, we become our own personal barbers with the tools and the skills.

Hopefully I can become proficient enough at WTG and XTG to not need ATG. I'm just trying them out till I find what works best for me I guess