BGog
07-19-2006, 12:33 AM
Again thank you all for the warm welcome. I was so excited for my new stuff to arrive today!!
My wife called me at work around 3:00pm to let me know the package had arrived. She then proceeded to torture me by threatening to open it up and shave her legs. :rolleyes:
The second we got our boys to bed, I tore open the box like a kid on christmas morning. Wow... I finaly go to see what I've been reading so much about. (I can't believe how heavy the vision is.. quite nice).
http://www.sonic.net/~bgog/setup.jpg
I plugged in my hot-pot to start some water boiling and dug into the directions for my new Vision razor. Quite straight-forward but I wanted to make sure to get the blade inserted properly. I poured some of the boiling water onto my mug and soaked the brush and also poure some on a towel and wrapped it around my face for a few minutes. I then set into making my first lathering.
I have learned so much from reading all of your advice that I felt pretty confident and spent about 3min whipping it up good. My god the Taylor's Lavender smells awesome!
Here is a photo of my first lather.
http://www.sonic.net/~bgog/lather.jpg
For my first shave I decided to use a very low setting on the vision (N) and do three passes, N-S, N-S, E-W. I painted that frothy goodness onto my cheeks and got started.
Thanks to all of the incredible advice here I proceeded with the handle near parallel to the floor and tilted it until it started cutting. I applied absolutly no pressure and just let the razor do the work. I used about 2 inch strokes. After I was done, I applied a cool towel, some witch hazel and finally a splash of Aqua Velva.
I actually got away from my first wet shave without any nicks and no detectible razor burn (though we'll see how it feels in the morning). As for closeness, I would say it is about the same as the Mach-3 I used to use and since it was my first wet shave, I have great hopes I'll get great BBS shave once I get a month or two of practice.
I have a few questions but I'll follow with those later.
Thank you all for helping make my first something to remember!
-Rob
My wife called me at work around 3:00pm to let me know the package had arrived. She then proceeded to torture me by threatening to open it up and shave her legs. :rolleyes:
The second we got our boys to bed, I tore open the box like a kid on christmas morning. Wow... I finaly go to see what I've been reading so much about. (I can't believe how heavy the vision is.. quite nice).
http://www.sonic.net/~bgog/setup.jpg
I plugged in my hot-pot to start some water boiling and dug into the directions for my new Vision razor. Quite straight-forward but I wanted to make sure to get the blade inserted properly. I poured some of the boiling water onto my mug and soaked the brush and also poure some on a towel and wrapped it around my face for a few minutes. I then set into making my first lathering.
I have learned so much from reading all of your advice that I felt pretty confident and spent about 3min whipping it up good. My god the Taylor's Lavender smells awesome!
Here is a photo of my first lather.
http://www.sonic.net/~bgog/lather.jpg
For my first shave I decided to use a very low setting on the vision (N) and do three passes, N-S, N-S, E-W. I painted that frothy goodness onto my cheeks and got started.
Thanks to all of the incredible advice here I proceeded with the handle near parallel to the floor and tilted it until it started cutting. I applied absolutly no pressure and just let the razor do the work. I used about 2 inch strokes. After I was done, I applied a cool towel, some witch hazel and finally a splash of Aqua Velva.
I actually got away from my first wet shave without any nicks and no detectible razor burn (though we'll see how it feels in the morning). As for closeness, I would say it is about the same as the Mach-3 I used to use and since it was my first wet shave, I have great hopes I'll get great BBS shave once I get a month or two of practice.
I have a few questions but I'll follow with those later.
Thank you all for helping make my first something to remember!
-Rob