I've got a pretty good stable of razors - a half-dozen vintage Gillettes from my father, grandfather & great-grandfather, including a Fatboy and 3-4 SuperSpeeds, a couple of vintage GEMs, and a handful of newer razors, chief among them a Merkur Futur that I'd more or less used daily for the last 5-6 years straight.
Somewhere in there, I screwed it up by waiting too long to disassemble and clean it, and somehow broke off that little peg on the handle that acts like a stop. So now it doesn't really have a start/end, and the numbers aren't really accurate anymore.
Anyway, I had my technique dialed in to where I could give myself great two or even one pass shaves with it. But now that I took it apart, I can't seem to shave decently with anything. I've tried them all, and it seems like I just scrape myself awfully, regardless of blade or soap/cream. I've even tried a couple of new ones- a Vikings Blade Emperor Meiji and a Parker Adjustable Injector. Still manage to scrape myself and irritate my skin most mornings.
Anyone ever faced this? How did you get your shaving mojo back?
Somewhere in there, I screwed it up by waiting too long to disassemble and clean it, and somehow broke off that little peg on the handle that acts like a stop. So now it doesn't really have a start/end, and the numbers aren't really accurate anymore.
Anyway, I had my technique dialed in to where I could give myself great two or even one pass shaves with it. But now that I took it apart, I can't seem to shave decently with anything. I've tried them all, and it seems like I just scrape myself awfully, regardless of blade or soap/cream. I've even tried a couple of new ones- a Vikings Blade Emperor Meiji and a Parker Adjustable Injector. Still manage to scrape myself and irritate my skin most mornings.
Anyone ever faced this? How did you get your shaving mojo back?