Just had my second shave with my straights and it went well.
I didn't warm up first either just ran over my face with hot water from my brush. I stropped my razor about a hundred times on my belt but this time with a dab of toothpaste, I know it's a bit Heath Robbinson but it worked well.
Now my Kropp's pass the 'back of my arm' test with flying colo(u)rs *added for us in the UK lol* I lathered up and did the two pass method as before. This time there was a lot less dragging but stll got the metallic scraping sound and a bit of soreness on my jawline. Luckily I have a goatee so not too hard a job though took me the best part of half an hour.
Starting to enjoy my new ritual and look forward to my next shave.
A mate has said he's going to dig up his old straights and give them to me as he hasn't used them in years, so looking forward to trying them out as well.
I didn't warm up first either just ran over my face with hot water from my brush. I stropped my razor about a hundred times on my belt but this time with a dab of toothpaste, I know it's a bit Heath Robbinson but it worked well.
Now my Kropp's pass the 'back of my arm' test with flying colo(u)rs *added for us in the UK lol* I lathered up and did the two pass method as before. This time there was a lot less dragging but stll got the metallic scraping sound and a bit of soreness on my jawline. Luckily I have a goatee so not too hard a job though took me the best part of half an hour.
Starting to enjoy my new ritual and look forward to my next shave.
A mate has said he's going to dig up his old straights and give them to me as he hasn't used them in years, so looking forward to trying them out as well.
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