Nice gear and sounds like it's going well. Don't worry too much about the nick, I still have some sometimes...
I got my first nick just above my upper lip
I remembered to time my shave. Due to the use of the scuttle I changed a few things.
- I stropt my razor.
- I filled the inner and outer pot of the scuttle with water of a temperature of 60 °C. I put my brush in the inner pot and I went to take a shower.
- I came out of the shower emptied the scuttle and went to the kitchen to fill the inner pot with 80 °C went to the bathroom and made my lather.
- I did a hot wet towel over my face (because it dried in the mean time).
- I lathered my face and shaved 2 times.
- I applied some aftershave on my face
- I did a cold towel over my face
- cleaning up
I timed my shave from point 3.[making the lather] until the end of point 7. I am quit slow I think. But my shave was fine. I think this shave has proven the thesis i proposed last time about dehydrated skin. No nicks or blood and my face only shows the irritation from monday. So I will check after an illness if my skin is dehydrated or not before shaving.
The lather was different, in a positive way, from the shaves before (it seemed thicker). The lather seemed to come quicker than before (I think it has something to do with the swirl pattern in the inner bowl of the scuttle). I am getting better at shaving the left side of my face. The only place I haven't been with my razor is under my chin and the my neck (I also see I have to go further down my neck on left and right side (my bathroom has poor lighting). My shaving still needs a lot of work (I miss hairs around my mouth and the pressure I use is not very balanced). But I will get there eventually.
I also noticed when I was cleaning the scuttle that parts of the left over lather was brittle at some places. Could It be that 80 °C is too hot for the shaving cream? I didn't notice during the shave.
I did the same as before and because I needed a mugshot for my university sports card I decided it was time to try and shave my neck and chin. Due to a bit of dry skin I decided to pay special attention to the pressure of the razor and the angle of the blade. It went very well. I did not cut myself (I didn't get all the hairs, but at least I tried). I think I breached the psychological barrier of shaving my entire face.
- I stropt my razor.
- I filled the inner and outer pot of the scuttle with water of a temperature of 60 °C. I put my brush in the inner pot and I went to take a shower.
- I came out of the shower emptied the scuttle and I filled the inner pot with hot tap water from the bathroom and made my lather.
- I did a hot wet towel over my face (because it dried in the mean time).
- I lathered my face and shaved 2 times.
- I applied some aftershave on my face
- I did a cold towel over my face
- cleaning up
I took the advice of Wid and changed the water temperature in my routine and the lather did not dry out, but next time I will use water of 60 °C for the second fill and 80 °C for the first.
I timed my shave from point 3.[making the lather] until the end of point 7. I timed it at 40 min. I really was quit slow on my neck and I did an extra pass because there was this one little hair I missed the three passes before (and that one really bothered me). All in all a great shave for the first time shaving my neck I think.