Is shaving twice a day a bad idea?
Hi
I've been shaving with straight razors for about two weeks now. After the initial disaster of trying to shave with a factory finish Dovo, I sent it to Neil Miller who got it shave ready after some serious honing and stropping. Annoyingly, about 4 days ago, when washing the lather under the tap, i just clipped the edge against the tap and it now has a slight chip although it is so small I've not noticed any reduction in shaving performance. Since my first Dovo, I've purchased one other and a TI.
Since about 5 days ago it has just clicked. I'm getting perfect shaves, using 3 passes and using both hands and rarely any nicks. I've since become addicted at the babies bum feel. I've been shaving at night and in the morning. since there is little growth only two passes have been enough. I've gone WTG then Against the Grain and getting perfect results. But is it good to shave twice or should i resist and leave it to once a day? I've not had much razor burn, just some slight irritation around the upper lip area, but this is probably more to do with me repeating this area with more strokes as it is such a tricky area to get all the whiskers with single strokes.
here is my other question. I'm not that fast at stropping yet and have initially got a few cuts in my Dovo strop, mainly due to the x motion and not mastering the spine flipping. Is it okay to do half the stropping after the shave and do half the stropping before the shave? I have been doinbg a ration of 2/1 i.e. half on linen and twice as much on the leather. This means I've been doing 12 on the linen, 2 doz on the leather. Then the next time I use I repeat this number and order. Is this acceptable or should it be done all at once?
Thanks