So I'm new to safety razors, but have been reading about the subject for a while, and decided to try it. My skin was too sensitive for cartridge razors, so I was using electric for a while, but that wasn't great for a variety of reasons.
I ended up going for the King C. Gillette DE razor and blades, and used it with my canned shaving foam, figured it's the cheapest way to see if I like it or not.
It's been great, with minimal irritation and close shaves, but sadly nowhere near bbs. I can't do ATG because I get crazy ingrown hairs, and only doing WTG and XTG basically leaves my face feeling like sandpaper and with a visible dark shadow. I don't really want bbs, but right now I'm left with more hair than I'd like.
I've heard that this razor and blade combo are not particularly aggressive, and to get sharper blades - but that got me thinking. How is a sharper blade supposed to help if the razor is what keeps it at a certain distance from the skin?
So, here's the question. Should I try sharper blades, a new more aggressive razor, or am I just doomed because of my beard genes?
I ended up going for the King C. Gillette DE razor and blades, and used it with my canned shaving foam, figured it's the cheapest way to see if I like it or not.
It's been great, with minimal irritation and close shaves, but sadly nowhere near bbs. I can't do ATG because I get crazy ingrown hairs, and only doing WTG and XTG basically leaves my face feeling like sandpaper and with a visible dark shadow. I don't really want bbs, but right now I'm left with more hair than I'd like.
I've heard that this razor and blade combo are not particularly aggressive, and to get sharper blades - but that got me thinking. How is a sharper blade supposed to help if the razor is what keeps it at a certain distance from the skin?
So, here's the question. Should I try sharper blades, a new more aggressive razor, or am I just doomed because of my beard genes?