Originally Posted by
Sunbird
I cheated,
Hot shower, carefull preperatation, sharp razor...... just had to give it a go.
I only shaved the sides of my face WTG. Very smooth, but was also aware of how noisy the razor is slicing through the whiskers. Actually quite loud in my ears. Is this normal? The DE is silent.
I then shaved the rest with the DE. Very nice and smooth, woops should not have admitted that. I still think the EJ DE89L with Feather blades is a great DE combination.
I then did a WTG with the Straight, but felt it was just going over old ground again without the difficulty of catching on the whiskers.
In summary, a worthwhile experiment. I realise also that for the last three days I have been doing three passes WTG, ATG and XTG just because I am enjoying shaving with the Straight so much.
Probably overdid it!
Thanks for the support and encouragement.