Time goes by quickly, I began wet shaving after Christmas 2014 and I took to it with ease. I have cringed as I've read some of the not so pleasant experiences of newbies getting started out, thank God my experience was mostly great.
Today I realized that it has been five years since I began. Looking back, I had to find the right blade(s) and soap(s) to finely tune my shaves. For me, most my shaves in the past year have been with an Astra blade, Arko soap, with my Merkur razor or my Gillette Tech.
I had not really given much thought to all of this until I did. We traveled for Christmas and I opted to not pack my beloved razors, as I did not want to lose them. The day after Christmas I whipped out this multibladed cartridge razor, some decent gel, and managed to chew up my neck. Even my wife, who doesn't usually notice such things, was shocked. She said, "Your DE razors don't cut you, do they!" "No, dear...they don't," I said.
Sometimes you don't know how good something is until it is gone.
It's nice to be back home with my Merkur, Tech, New, and Black Beauty. And I dread the horrid experiences of cartridge shaving when traveling, and trying to figure out another way.
Thank you all, and happy new year!
Today I realized that it has been five years since I began. Looking back, I had to find the right blade(s) and soap(s) to finely tune my shaves. For me, most my shaves in the past year have been with an Astra blade, Arko soap, with my Merkur razor or my Gillette Tech.
I had not really given much thought to all of this until I did. We traveled for Christmas and I opted to not pack my beloved razors, as I did not want to lose them. The day after Christmas I whipped out this multibladed cartridge razor, some decent gel, and managed to chew up my neck. Even my wife, who doesn't usually notice such things, was shocked. She said, "Your DE razors don't cut you, do they!" "No, dear...they don't," I said.
Sometimes you don't know how good something is until it is gone.
It's nice to be back home with my Merkur, Tech, New, and Black Beauty. And I dread the horrid experiences of cartridge shaving when traveling, and trying to figure out another way.
Thank you all, and happy new year!