I have been lurking around the forum for a few weeks. With the great info I have seen, I finally decided to join.
I am fairly new to traditional shaving (4 months or so), from 30+ years of the cartridge, for about the last 10 with DSC. When I was still buying supplies in stores, I always saw a little available for DE but never really gave it much thought. Somehow, with YouTube autoplay running in the background, a video about "wet shaving" caught my attention.
With interest piqued, I headed to Amazon and ordered a few products to start with. A Vikings Blade Chieftan DE and a kit (shave cream, brush, pre-shave oil, and post shave balm) from Mountaineer Brand. I had trouble with a lather from the cream, so used the Chieftan with shave butter left over from DSC. Improved, but still not great. Not willing to give up, I discovered West Coast Shaving. Ordered a few soap/cream samplers, along with a blade sampler and a better brush (badger) ordered a Blackland Dart and 2 more brushes (synthetic and boar) with much better success. Today was my 5th shave with the Dart and my best to date. Still a newbie, but I would consider it a DFS. One little nick on the side of my mouth.
I am fairly new to traditional shaving (4 months or so), from 30+ years of the cartridge, for about the last 10 with DSC. When I was still buying supplies in stores, I always saw a little available for DE but never really gave it much thought. Somehow, with YouTube autoplay running in the background, a video about "wet shaving" caught my attention.
With interest piqued, I headed to Amazon and ordered a few products to start with. A Vikings Blade Chieftan DE and a kit (shave cream, brush, pre-shave oil, and post shave balm) from Mountaineer Brand. I had trouble with a lather from the cream, so used the Chieftan with shave butter left over from DSC. Improved, but still not great. Not willing to give up, I discovered West Coast Shaving. Ordered a few soap/cream samplers, along with a blade sampler and a better brush (badger) ordered a Blackland Dart and 2 more brushes (synthetic and boar) with much better success. Today was my 5th shave with the Dart and my best to date. Still a newbie, but I would consider it a DFS. One little nick on the side of my mouth.