First DE shave and fortunately, NO NICKS!

[smcarthurpga]

Hello everyone. My brother-in-law gave me a wonderful christmas gift of GFT shaving cream and after-shave. It piqued my interest in improving my shaving style and skill. I have used a sensor excel and canned shaving cream for over thirty years with very mixed results. I did my due-diligence and researched safety blade options, brushes, technique, (thanks mantic!), etc. I settled on an AOS badger brush and a Merkur Classic 33 with merkur blades. This morning, I made my first attempt at it with decent results, subtitle: no nicks, but not as close as I would like. I stressed the thought of no pressure, which helped greatly.

As a first question, I would like to ask if anyone has tips in handling the challenging area around and under the chin?

Thank you for this very helpful resource!

 

[ek.310]

when I used to use DE blades I could recall Merkur as being really harsh and astra yellow n green packages doing a great jon..Feathers..even better!

 

[Laser]

Congratulations on your first shave. sounds like you did great. The chin just takes time and experience to get the technique down. Enjoy the journey.

 

[Dustinl]

Hello everyone.
As a first question, I would like to ask if anyone has tips in handling the challenging area around and under the chin?

First of all, welcome to Badger & Blade!!!

The chin just takes time and experience to get the technique down. Enjoy the journey.

The chin and jawline are the hardest parts to get down. I would say to just keep working at it and don't use pressure. As you get familiar with your razor and technique, you may try blade-buffing for the areas that give you problems.


DL

 

[JPM]

Welcome to B&B!