Although I signed up to be a member quite sometime ago this is my first post. I suppose life happened and I never got started the first time. Anyhoo, I got tired of paying ridiculous amounts of money to Gillette for their cartridges and decided to get a DE. I ended up getting a Merkur futur(thinking of getting a 34C too), a Parker badger brush, some TOBS lavender cream. (I have some D.R. Harris on the way). And a simple stand with a small bowl. Yesterday was my first DE shave and although I seemed to get a good lather off the TOBS(I usually use creamo and lather it with my hands a bit and it’s slick as all getout), It felt sticky on my face and the razor didn’t want to glide at all...not entirely sure why. However, even for my first attempt I was the smoothest shave I’ve ever had even though I had the futur set on 1 with a Merkur blade it was closer than any cartridge I’ve used. Hopefully with some guidance from everyone here and learning the proper technique things will be even better. I seem to be cursed though, I have very coarse hair and sensitive skin so my face is a little irritated but the bottom of my neck is on fire. I applied some Thayers toner afterwards and it seems to help but I was wondering if there was anything better or will my neck just eventually get used to a DE shave? Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and I hope everyone on here is doing well.
Regards,
Andy
Regards,
Andy
