Hi All,
Had my first straight razor shave today, only trimming my beard, so neck and cheeks.
Shave #1
Date: 13/10/18
Prep: Shower
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Vulfix 660 Medium Super Badger
Razor: Vintage The Fisher Paul Kohl Solingen
Post: Alum
A/S: M&S Woodspice
I don’t think I got my lather right, it was slick but a bit thin, I think I’ve got lazy with my DE. I used an old soap bowl to build up the lather, but I think I’ll need to do better next time.
I marked out my beard, well a little lower actually and then started bottom to top following the grain, no issues there all fine, using my right hand for the left hand side of my face. Moving across to the right I switched to the left hand, not sure if it is normal to use the opposite hand to the side of face for bottom to top, but felt more natural, less cramped.
I then moved to the cheeks, this time going outwards in (ear to nose), this time it was right hand for the right and left hand for the left. I got one small cut to the top of my left cheek.
I re-lathered and did two more passes on my neck, another WTG and one ATG. I got a few weepers ATG, but no worse, and possibly better than if I had done it with my DE, I usually avoid ATG on the neck as it never ends well, but thought I’d give it a go.
All in all a good shave, not as scary as I first thought, but then I am doing the easy bits of the face!
Had my first straight razor shave today, only trimming my beard, so neck and cheeks.
Shave #1
Date: 13/10/18
Prep: Shower
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Vulfix 660 Medium Super Badger
Razor: Vintage The Fisher Paul Kohl Solingen
Post: Alum
A/S: M&S Woodspice
I don’t think I got my lather right, it was slick but a bit thin, I think I’ve got lazy with my DE. I used an old soap bowl to build up the lather, but I think I’ll need to do better next time.
I marked out my beard, well a little lower actually and then started bottom to top following the grain, no issues there all fine, using my right hand for the left hand side of my face. Moving across to the right I switched to the left hand, not sure if it is normal to use the opposite hand to the side of face for bottom to top, but felt more natural, less cramped.
I then moved to the cheeks, this time going outwards in (ear to nose), this time it was right hand for the right and left hand for the left. I got one small cut to the top of my left cheek.
I re-lathered and did two more passes on my neck, another WTG and one ATG. I got a few weepers ATG, but no worse, and possibly better than if I had done it with my DE, I usually avoid ATG on the neck as it never ends well, but thought I’d give it a go.
All in all a good shave, not as scary as I first thought, but then I am doing the easy bits of the face!