I've been double edge shaving for a while, and I never tried ATG because I have a pretty clear face and dont want the bumps I use to get from carts. Any techniques to try or something? Or how to get really smooth shave without atg? I use a Gillette 80's era black handle non-adjustable, anyone know the name of it? That's a lot to type everytime I post about it.
Against the grain on a DE? I always got bumps on cartridges
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Practice, practice, practice and more practice! It took me over one year to finally get my technique to where i can do ATG with hardly any irritation.
Be patient and you will get there.
For now, once you are confident, you can try blade buffing. Good luck.
Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQco5PWc2JU
Be patient and you will get there.
For now, once you are confident, you can try blade buffing. Good luck.
Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQco5PWc2JU
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Is your razor the black handle Flair Tip?
I didn't know my technique had a name, guess it was never my technique. Blade buffing. I figured some would be against it.
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I think so. It's this one. http://img3.etsystatic.com/012/1/6201155/il_340x270.447400631_bi3p.jpg...
I always had terrible bumps, spots and ingrown hairs with a Mach 3. It must have been due to the 'lift & cut', because I've been doing ATG passes with a DE since the second or third shave and in 4 or 5 months I think I've only had a couple of spots.
Agreed. If anything, it clears you up. I have VERY bump prone skin. When I stated against the grain the bumps started to clear up even more, you know those last 2 stubborn ones that never seem to wanna clear up.
Good skin stretching while doing a XTG pass for some does a good enough job of getting the shave nice and smooth, and more important, comfortable. I think comfort is the definitely the benchmark to shoot for, instead of BBS.
Give it a try sometime and see how it works out. I could never shave ATG with a cartridge razor but it's not a problem with a DE. If it is a problem, one bad shave is not the end of the world.
i find that I still get some ingrown hairs on the side of my neck and chin from time to time, but the DE is much better than the Mach I used to use. That said, the straight is even better.
I also used to get really bad razor bumps with cartridge shaving atg on the neck. I used bump patrol aftershave which works nicely for that. I eventually started shaving one pass wtg w/ my Gillette Sensor Excel and whatever canned goo I was using and would never get bumps.
I shaved atg for the first time in years with my Merkur Futur, and no bumps. I think it is all down to technique and cartridge razors tend to pull/lift and cut, while my DE just seems to slice through the hairs.
I shaved atg for the first time in years with my Merkur Futur, and no bumps. I think it is all down to technique and cartridge razors tend to pull/lift and cut, while my DE just seems to slice through the hairs.
Try the GTX pass!
...it's XTG, but backwards...
...it's XTG, but backwards...
This works well for me. Gives me a DFS with no discomfort
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