Welcome! 
First shave, first post!
- Thread starter bgusty
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Welcome bGusty! I'm only three weeks in myself so and my lather has been pretty much hit or miss. That said, my last 2 or 3 shaves have definitely been more consistent. I'm using a Proraso soap instead of a cream so I haven't tried a cream yet (getting some for Christmas apparently).
And KeenDogg thanks for mentioning the mantic59 Youtube videos. They're pretty good!
And KeenDogg thanks for mentioning the mantic59 Youtube videos. They're pretty good!
You'll find quite a few people on here that were guided to DE by that article, its a classic
Welcome aboard!
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Well Gents, I am about a week in on the DE shaving journey, and so far so good! I have sort of settled on a two pass approach for my daily shave (have yet to work up the courage for the full ATG on my neck. I do WTG on my cheeks, and only follow that up with a XTG if I missed spots (I don't grow a very thick beard on my cheeks).
For the neck I do a first pass thats mostly WTG starting from the center of my neck and moving out. My second pass on the neck is N-S and that's mostly XTG (maybe ATG in a couple spots). Then I touch up my chin, and my mustache with a diagonal that is part XTG part ATG.
This seems to give me a DFS most of the time, and causes minimal irritation and maybe 1-2 nicks in the spots where I end up going ATG. The biggest changes for me is first: I get a MUCH closer shave than I ever did with my electric razor. I always had problems with my neck and ingrown hairs/ razor burn, and now that is almost completely cleared up. Looking forward to really diving into this new hobby/ style/ lifestyle upgrade.
For the neck I do a first pass thats mostly WTG starting from the center of my neck and moving out. My second pass on the neck is N-S and that's mostly XTG (maybe ATG in a couple spots). Then I touch up my chin, and my mustache with a diagonal that is part XTG part ATG.
This seems to give me a DFS most of the time, and causes minimal irritation and maybe 1-2 nicks in the spots where I end up going ATG. The biggest changes for me is first: I get a MUCH closer shave than I ever did with my electric razor. I always had problems with my neck and ingrown hairs/ razor burn, and now that is almost completely cleared up. Looking forward to really diving into this new hobby/ style/ lifestyle upgrade.
