I lifted a DE safety razor to my face for the very first time this morning.
1959 Gillette Fat Boy with a forty year-old Personna blade versus five days of beard growth. Five days of beard is normally not a big deal to me when I'm holding one of my straight razors, but not knowing DE shaving at all, I was feeling a little trepidation. I set the adjustment to 5, took my best guess at an appropriate angle of attack, laid the razor against my face, and drew it down about two inches.
What was that?
Did the edge even touch my face?
I stood there looking in the mirror not knowing what to think. There was some serious vapor lock between my ears.
Well the soap is gone. I looked more closely into the mirror. Damn...the hair is gone too...then it dawned on me...Oh my, that IS good!
I proceeded to shave the rest of my face without bloodshed. Did I end up fully BBS? No. Some areas were BBS and some not. Don't care. I'm done with expensive plastic-handled instruments of torture.
So that's it, boys. I'm officially a DE convert looking for recommendations on vendors that offer multi-brand trial packs. I'd also be interested to know if I should be able to shop brick and mortar stores to make my own variety pack.
Hat tip to Dalejr for his knowledge of my old blades.
1959 Gillette Fat Boy with a forty year-old Personna blade versus five days of beard growth. Five days of beard is normally not a big deal to me when I'm holding one of my straight razors, but not knowing DE shaving at all, I was feeling a little trepidation. I set the adjustment to 5, took my best guess at an appropriate angle of attack, laid the razor against my face, and drew it down about two inches.
What was that?
Did the edge even touch my face?
I stood there looking in the mirror not knowing what to think. There was some serious vapor lock between my ears.
Well the soap is gone. I looked more closely into the mirror. Damn...the hair is gone too...then it dawned on me...Oh my, that IS good!
I proceeded to shave the rest of my face without bloodshed. Did I end up fully BBS? No. Some areas were BBS and some not. Don't care. I'm done with expensive plastic-handled instruments of torture.
So that's it, boys. I'm officially a DE convert looking for recommendations on vendors that offer multi-brand trial packs. I'd also be interested to know if I should be able to shop brick and mortar stores to make my own variety pack.
Hat tip to Dalejr for his knowledge of my old blades.