A bad shave

[Goetterdaemmerung]

That's what I am wondering, if I might have poor/too short prep. I don't use preshave as of right now, but I do have some on order though (Along with some new creams to try! ). I'd sometimes use hair conditioner while in the shower, with decent results.

Also, I took a bowl from the kitchen and used that to lather and had some pretty good results, the lather was nice and thick, and very easy as well as satisfying!

 

[ShavingPanda]

Sounds like you're winning! good stuff

 

[Twelvefret]

Were you shaving 24 hour growth?

 

[mumB_L_E]

The more hydrated my whiskers are, the softer and easier to cut they become. I wash my face with a glycerin based soap, rinse, then add another coating of the soap to my whiskers while loading my brush before face lathering. The last time my shave felt "off" was a result of rushing through through the prep process. In my estimation, this led to under-hydrated lather and an abbreviated whisker soaking period.

 

[Goetterdaemmerung]

Were you shaving 24 hour growth?

Yeah

 

[Goetterdaemmerung]

I also think I need to do shorter strokes too

 

[les24preludes]

I suggest visiting the Nibelungs and getting Mime to sharpen your blades......

 

[Goetterdaemmerung]

I suggest visiting the Nibelungs and getting Mime to sharpen your blades......

Or steal Nothung from Siegfried and shave with that

 

[TioFabi]

Do you ever have one of those days where you have a bad shave?

I have these sometimes, the thing is that I don't know what I do wrong, the razor usually is really pulling/tugging at my face.


I am out of ideas, did you ever figure out what you did wrong? Do you have any ideas what I may doing wrong?

My humble advice:

1.- try a new blade, or change the brand all together (i never use a blade more than 2 times)
2.- try a different soap/cream and don't be afraid to use some extra product (artisan soaps aren't cheap, but it's better to expend a bit more if you get a smooth shave in return)
3.- try a different razor, or setting if you have an adjustable
4.- work on your technique/do less passes (some times a BBS is not worth the irritation)
5.- don't get cocky (this happened to me last night, and i have a nasty cut to show for it) take your time, no one needs cuts or nicks

 

[Goetterdaemmerung]

I'll give my face a break for a few days, and then I shall see what happens.

 

[les24preludes]

Have you tried lathering with bottled Rhine water?

 

[Goetterdaemmerung]

Alright, so I had a shave today and it was wonderful!


So what I did was putting my face underneath the shower and having some hot (not too hot, but hot enough to still be comfortable) water run on my face for about a minute or so, afterwards I lathered up and I let the lather rest on my face for about a minute as well.

So I will try holding my face under the shower for a period of time, that seems to be what works best for me. I think all the other times I would not do it long enough (Or not use hot enough water maybe??) It's kind of a tedious process lol



Oh, and I used caffeinated shaving cream from pacific shaving company, it smelled like Wringley's Doublemint gum!

I also that new Wilkinson Sword razor that is now available (I bought it a couple days ago) I really liked it, it's nice and long, and I used an Astra SP blade in it.

 

[Frank Shaves]

Could it be that you applied more pressure than you normally do?

 

[Goetterdaemmerung]

Could it be that you applied more pressure than you normally do?

Hmmm, I don't think so, I've concluded that I've just been prepping too quickly