Thread: ATG Necessity?

Big thing is take your time if it doesn't feel right don't do it.

It's a must for me, or I can feel stubble in certain directions. I guess it all boils down to how picky a person is with the smoothness. I don't feel any discomfort with it though, so you have to do what's right for your skin. Everyones face is like a snowflake, no 2 the same.

No two alike, definitely true. Reminds me of Ben Hogan's comment about the secret to his swing "it's in the dirt", as in working at it is the best way to find it.

A little patience and some repetition and a few iterations with honing/stropping and I don't think most people will find it very hard to shave with a straight razor. But it seems like resolve is lacking sometimes in finding out answers for ourselves, persisting, and then having the confidence to stick with what you find instead of trying 29 different things afterward when you already know from experience what you'll need to know.

I thought shaving with a straight razor was a bit cumbersome and slow until I resolved to do it every day for a month no matter what. After shaving only a day a week on the weekend with a straight for a year, within about two weeks of doing it every day instead, it clicked and I haven't picked up a grubby cartridge razor in a long time. I can't say that I ever worry about the possibility of getting a mark on my face now from the razor, it'd have to be a freak event for it to occur, and certainty is a matter of repetition and less than literal things, rather than an exact review of piles of methodical details.