Thread: 3 Shaves in..

Just had my 3rd attempt at shaving with a shavette. I gave myself the whole 3 bags full treatment this time (conditioner on beard in shower, hot towel, lather, hot towel, re-lather etc.) shaved both side burns and they are smooth to touch both WTG and ATG, the rest of the face i could only shave WTG, tried to go XTG but was starting to nick myself under the chin and at the moustache(it's really hard to get under my nose it seems) still quite pleased with the result. I only have a bristle brush at the moment, cost me 20 dollars at shavershop I think bit of a rip off it's an italian brand name. I should've just bought a badgers hair off the internet but I was so excited to try it out I couldn't wait lol. I found all the information on here especially Lynn's post in the beginners section to be really helpful (I was doing it SO wrong on my first try before I found this site. In the movies they do it really badly sometimes..) Anyways just wanted to share my experience.

That's a great job with so little experience. I actually found a shavette more difficult to learn than a regular straight.

+1 on the shavette being more difficult to learn. To saitou, I shaved with a Parker for about 6 months? before going to a straight razor and the difference was amazing. I won't say you are wasting your time with a shavette but when you move on to a straight razor (and you will), expect something like a miracle, one of those perfected instruments...and if you keep looking around this site you will see an instrument that is today still evolving in subtle ways. You know, just talking about it makes me feel like leaving work right now and going home, having a beer and a straight razor shave!
Sorry, I guess I should have sent this straight to saitou.

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

That's a great job with so little experience. I actually found a shavette more difficult to learn than a regular straight.

Originally Posted by WW243

+1 on the shavette being more difficult to learn. To saitou, I shaved with a Parker for about 6 months? before going to a straight razor and the difference was amazing. I won't say you are wasting your time with a shavette but when you move on to a straight razor (and you will), expect something like a miracle, one of those perfected instruments...and if you keep looking around this site you will see an instrument that is today still evolving in subtle ways. You know, just talking about it makes me feel like leaving work right now and going home, having a beer and a straight razor shave!
Sorry, I guess I should have sent this straight to saitou.

Thanks for the tips =] and yeah I have a whipped dog set coming my way and a cpl of cheap vintages from ebay already, keep checking my email every 2 seconds to see if it's been mailed yet lol