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    Default Been straight razor shaving for a month, and here's what works

    I am a newbie.

    I use a high-quality "Friodur" razor ($146) that I mailed off to be professionally honed ($22).

    What seems to work for me is:

    First, strop the razor (hanging strop).

    1. Wash the face and neck with hot water.
    2. Hold a steaming hot (soaking wet) washcloth against mustache/chin/mouth area for 15 seconds.
    3. Apply "Edge" shave cream to said mustache/chin/mouth area.
    4. Shave said mustache/chin/mouth area ... very carefully.

    5. Hold the steaming hot wash cloth against the upper face area (cheeks) for 15 seconds.
    6. Apply "Edge" shave cream to said upper face area.
    7. Shave said area.

    8. Hold the steaming hot wash cloth against the neck.
    9. Apply "Edge" shave cream to neck.
    10. Shave the neck.

    11. Clean off shave cream residue (and blood) with wash cloth.
    12. Take a shower.
    13. Apply a post-shave.

    I don't switch hands; I use only my right hand to shave.

    I've tried (so far) one pre-shave lotion and two different shave oils; they do nothing for me.

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    cool I'm pretty new too. is edge a canned gel?

    your shave will probably work better with a brush and bowl. i say this because you can tweak how wet the lather is and the brush allows you to work it into the beard for a better prep. go to your favorite supermarket and pick up a vanderhagen wet shaving set and try it out

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    A fine quality soap (I use Mama Bears) and a quality cream (I use the green tube from Bath and Body) to work up your own creamy lather will have you never using a canned gel or cream again.

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    Canned goo with a straight razor?... that's a sacrilege!!!!

    Get a badger brush and some shave soap.

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    Why not shower before the shave, rather than after?

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    Yeah, in my experience any shaving cream which shoots out of a can on command, ready to be applied to the face, its not suitable for the purpose for which it is intended. Check out the forums for recommendations on shaving creams and soaps which would suit an SR shaver much better

    Daniel

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    Quote Originally Posted by gunsandbibles View Post
    cool I'm pretty new too. is edge a canned gel?

    your shave will probably work better with a brush and bowl. i say this because you can tweak how wet the lather is and the brush allows you to work it into the beard for a better prep. go to your favorite supermarket and pick up a vanderhagen wet shaving set and try it out
    Edge is a canned gel, and is the smoothest stuff I've ever used.

    I have a badger brush, and have tried three different "cakes" for lather (including something called wool soap). I just didn't have any luck with them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbtusa View Post
    Canned goo with a straight razor?... that's a sacrilege!!!!

    Get a badger brush and some shave soap.


    I know, I know, it's against tradition to use canned stuff with a straight razor. I don't have any luck with a cake and a shaving brush; the resulting lather doesn't protect my face.

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    Canned gel might upset the razor gods.

    To keep it simple, try making lather with a glycerin soap and a good quality shaving cream (Prorasso is a good introductory product). Add a few additional drops of glycerin and you'll have a concoction known as ubberlather. No canned gel or foam is remotely close to it. If you use a shaving scuttle, you can make warm lather, try doing that with your can of Edge.

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    doesn't uber have to user soap and cream and glycerin

    also bath and body works has a cream called cl bigelow if soap ain't your thing give it a whirl. also make sure your lather is wet because dryer lather doesn't protect

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