Evening, Gents (and interested Ladies, too):
Phase 1 included daily shaving with my pre-war Tech, Proraso (Red) and a Personna Blue blade. As my confidence, competency and ability increased, I was able to get more than 3 shaves out of a blade. Did that for about 2 weeks, Checking in here from time to time to gather more information. And to shop, but don't tell my wife. No other modifications or changes attempted or required. Time to make the first change.
Phase 2 included every-other-day shaving, now with a Super Speed I just acquired (had to try it out, you know), but still using the Personna Blue brand blades and Proraso (Red) shave cream. Only other modification to the routine was to use a little oil as a pre-shave. I got pretty good and have been able to extend the lie of my blade to as many as 5 - 6 shaves. So, I figured now was the time to go absolutely wild, and I changed to a Feather blade..........
Phase 3 now includes the Feather in my Super Speed. Shaving soap was changed to Arko (LOVE that stuff, even the smell!.......THANKS BRIAN) Everything else has remained the same, including the results. That is the good news/bad news, I guess.
The good news is that I was able to finally experience a BBS with the combination in Phase 2, and had been thinking about how much BBS-er I will be after I change to a Feather. Yeah.........not so much. No nicks, cuts or wholesale slices, but then again it was no better than the Personna Blue. I had expected something a whole order of magnitude better and smoother after reading all the hype about Feathers. Didn't happen.
Am I missing something? Is there a learning curve I missed? As before, I'm looking to you guys to help solve my mistery.
Phase 1 included daily shaving with my pre-war Tech, Proraso (Red) and a Personna Blue blade. As my confidence, competency and ability increased, I was able to get more than 3 shaves out of a blade. Did that for about 2 weeks, Checking in here from time to time to gather more information. And to shop, but don't tell my wife. No other modifications or changes attempted or required. Time to make the first change.
Phase 2 included every-other-day shaving, now with a Super Speed I just acquired (had to try it out, you know), but still using the Personna Blue brand blades and Proraso (Red) shave cream. Only other modification to the routine was to use a little oil as a pre-shave. I got pretty good and have been able to extend the lie of my blade to as many as 5 - 6 shaves. So, I figured now was the time to go absolutely wild, and I changed to a Feather blade..........
Phase 3 now includes the Feather in my Super Speed. Shaving soap was changed to Arko (LOVE that stuff, even the smell!.......THANKS BRIAN) Everything else has remained the same, including the results. That is the good news/bad news, I guess.
The good news is that I was able to finally experience a BBS with the combination in Phase 2, and had been thinking about how much BBS-er I will be after I change to a Feather. Yeah.........not so much. No nicks, cuts or wholesale slices, but then again it was no better than the Personna Blue. I had expected something a whole order of magnitude better and smoother after reading all the hype about Feathers. Didn't happen.
Am I missing something? Is there a learning curve I missed? As before, I'm looking to you guys to help solve my mistery.