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What did you learn from your last shave?
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blades are even worse than 10 years ago, absolutely unusable...
blades are even worse than 10 years ago, absolutely unusable...
Don't move on to another section of face till the audio feedback stops completely.
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
It's possible to buy and spend hours honing a Razor Shaped Object.
I suck at shaving the area under my jawline/above my neck.
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I learned that shaving with straights while traveling is easy, so long as you don't mind checking luggage.
Practice. Practice. Practice. In time you will suck less...
That's the goal! I just haven't found the best way to shave that area yet.
The more aggressive settings on a razor don’t necessarily mean a closer shave. Learned I can get a BBS with a lower setting on my Variant.
I've learned, that no matter what I do, lather from bowl always seems to be more airy, that the one from face lather.
Hence, face lather would give me better results.
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Hence, face lather would give me better results.
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Beard mapping? Let it grow over the weekend so you can get a better feel for the direction of growth. Not saying you haven't done it, but it's worth a try! I also learned I prefer milder razors, but to each their own.
Menthol based AS is also great on a cold AM! 
That while I like the scent and overall performance of Tabac, for me the shave stick is not the best form in which to use it. I bought the stick as a kind of sample, to see if I liked the stuff. But the small surface area of the stick's cylinder makes it hard to get enough soap on my face to start up a decent lather with my brushes. And the stick itself dries quickly, so I have to re-moisten it several times while I'm applying the soap.
When it's gone, if I want more Tabac, I'll get a standard size.
When it's gone, if I want more Tabac, I'll get a standard size.
As Tabac sticks are the BIGGEST (IME) I guess that shaving sticks just ain't for you Benzadmiral.Did the mapping. This is a newbie technique issue. [emoji3]
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That if I ever think about using a Wilkinson sword blade again I can just scrub my face with a cheese grater instead and get the same effect.
My worst shave in years.
My worst shave in years.
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Shaving creams don't work well with my tap water, so I'm better off sticking to soaps. I'm also better off getting samples first, before committing to full tubs/pucks. Also, I still prefer face lathering with a boar brush as my primary lathering method, so I'll be considering grating shave sticks into ramekins.
That drawing the blade very slowly seems to give it more time to cut rather than pull.
Try cutting a 3/8 inch to 1/2 inch slice off the stick, put it in the center of an old soap container and then cut off additional slices and cut those to fit around the edges and after a few times loading your brush, you will have the equivalent of a puck. This is what I use for my travel soap. At home I use the full size puck in the milk jar container when I use Tabac.
A jnat finish is not that noticeable, if the honer doesn't have quite some experience.
I tried to hone on a friend's jnat, and I have to say a coticule or slate edge feels the same as an Ozuku edge, apparently, so I'm going to postpone buying one and I'll stick to my stones for now.
I tried to hone on a friend's jnat, and I have to say a coticule or slate edge feels the same as an Ozuku edge, apparently, so I'm going to postpone buying one and I'll stick to my stones for now.
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