Got cocky and paid the price

[james23p]

I've been DE/Wet shaving for about 3 months now, most of it with my Gillette Super Speeds and a few weeks with a Parker 82R all are fairly mild razors. Well yesterday I got my first adjustable a very nice 1965 Gillette Slim and I got a wonderful shave yesterday set at 6,6, and 4 I would say a shade better than DFS but not BBS. Well I figured the more aggressive the closer and easier a BBS shave would be so I tried 8, 7 and7 and a few things went wrong. First of all my new brush was shedding like crazy and I had hairs in everything and instead of moving on and getting my older brush I skimped on the cream and lather. Next for some reason I was very heavy handed and instead of stopping and readjusting I kept plowing thru and nicked my self a few times. OK you would think after WTG at 8 I would have learned no I just rammed thru at 7 on my XTG still heavy handed then being stubborn and not wanting to be wimpy I hammered home the ATG on 7, now my face is sore even my cheeks and I have at least 5 good nicks and a few smaller ones(can you say a very active styptic pencil).

Live and learn live and learn. The bright side is I love my Slim I will be adding another one plus a FB soon and I think I learned my lesson the hard way slow down and don't rush and dont think you are better than you truly are.

Jim

 

[novitiate]

 

[Morman Bridge]

Get yourself some Post Shave Balm, that will help in situations like this. Your not alone when it comes to being heavy handed, I have that trouble too when in a hurry. That's why I keep a bottle of Nivea Post Shave Balm handy. It works great.

 

[james23p]

Great advice I think ill get some of the Nivea I live right around the corner from both a Walgreens and CVS.

Jim

 

[Miesterio]

I'm still healing up from my first adjustable experience. I haven't shaved in about a week as I think shaving will make healing take longer.

 

[Marsman]

I feel your pain, been there done that. Welcome to the club.

 

[coolbus18]

I've been DE/Wet shaving for about 3 months now, most of it with my Gillette Super Speeds and a few weeks with a Parker 82R all are fairly mild razors. Well yesterday I got my first adjustable a very nice 1965 Gillette Slim and I got a wonderful shave yesterday set at 6,6, and 4 I would say a shade better than DFS but not BBS. Well I figured the more aggressive the closer and easier a BBS shave would be so I tried 8, 7 and7 and a few things went wrong. First of all my new brush was shedding like crazy and I had hairs in everything and instead of moving on and getting my older brush I skimped on the cream and lather. Next for some reason I was very heavy handed and instead of stopping and readjusting I kept plowing thru and nicked my self a few times. OK you would think after WTG at 8 I would have learned no I just rammed thru at 7 on my XTG still heavy handed then being stubborn and not wanting to be wimpy I hammered home the ATG on 7, now my face is sore even my cheeks and I have at least 5 good nicks and a few smaller ones(can you say a very active styptic pencil).

Live and learn live and learn. The bright side is I love my Slim I will be adding another one plus a FB soon and I think I learned my lesson the hard way slow down and don't rush and dont think you are better than you truly are.

Jim

live and learn and pay for it! Oh yeah. Patience is the key for me. If one enjoys the process..... The Slim is a good teacher indeed. And will teach you much. Blade angle, getting tough spots, getting sensitive spots... Stick with it for a while you'll be well rewarded Enjoy!

 

[chilliman64]

there's nothing wimpy about shaving on a lower setting - it's about what works not how much pain you can stand. I do a 3pass on my slim set to 3 and get great shaves (DFS most of the time). any higher than 3 and I get rashy and a lot of weepers.

dude, take your time, dial back the setting a little and don't use pressure. take the time to get to know your razor. shaving is hair reduction via multiple passes. I agree with coolbus18, the slim is a great razor, take your time and it will be your friend! best of luck.

 

[Copierguy]

Life is a learning experience if you are lucky. Sounds like this was your lucky day.

 

[james23p]

Well today was great! I slowed down and had a great 3 pass DFS plus shave with my slim set to 6,6 and 5. What a difference a day makes!

Jim

 

[Jeff_H]

I had a horrible first experience with my slim as well. Started on 5, dialed back to 4 and it didn't help a bit. I haven't tried it since. I had a much better but still average overall shave with the Fat Boy set at 3. I like the head profile and feel of the slim better, so I need to try it again. I've just been a wimp honestly.

Good luck dialing your Slim in.