Well, if it works for you then I have no argument. 
For me good prep and a good lather are essential! But that’s what works for me.
For me good prep and a good lather are essential! But that’s what works for me.
I can shave my face with a shavette without shaving soap or shaving cream.
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I can sleep upside down.
We had spaghetti 3 times at our house last month.
Artisans hate guys and threads such as this one. 
I love this stuff. 
Me too!...without the noodles...if you're talented, you can do anything.
Hi,
I sometimes shave with a DE completely dry. No soap or water. No face washing. The best one I have for this is my Grandfather's Old Type.
Stan
I sometimes shave with a DE completely dry. No soap or water. No face washing. The best one I have for this is my Grandfather's Old Type.
Stan
Congratulations on hitting the lottery for easy faces/whiskers to shave. I don't know how old you are, but my first decade of shaving was easy peasy, George and Weezy. Cartridges and canned goo, ATG all-the-time, gave me irritation-free BBS every time. As I got older, my facial hair turned into 12 gauge steel wire. Now I need super sharp blades and super moistened whiskers and skin.
Boom. Strive for simplicity. Go as simple as you can go, but no simpler. Ride that horse till it falls over dead, brother.
That's not my experience. I'd say they'll cut you the fastest, but there's not a whole lot of difference between shaving with a straight and a shavette, despite what the magical-thinking-straights-uber-alles crowd will tell you. The technique is practically the same.
Again, the technique is pretty much the same. But you're 100% correct about the maintenance. Straights have a cool factor that shavettes will never equal... but the maintenance of straights is more than I'm willing to commit to for a few months at a time.
Anyways, I dug your impressions and input. Keeping shaving the good shave!
Yeah, we're in 100% accord there.
Wait... face in the pillow, or suspended vertically like Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys?
For sure! Generally I skip the sauce, too. Really speeds up the cleanup, but I'm still hungry after dinner.
O.H.
Yeah, I caught that as well. He is almost twice my age and must have witnessed the turn of the 20th century. Would love for him to tell us some World War 1 shaving stories. In the year of his birth, 1901, Gillette released the "safety razor" and later got the contract to provide the soldiers with Gillette shaving kits - shaving was important then because facial hair did not provide a good seal on ones gas masks. When the soldiers returned, the had found memories of their razors and kept buying them. I think similar was true with Hersey providing chocolate bars to soldiers during war. Brand loyalty was created. Would love for the OP to tell us moreP.S. Are you really 123 years old?
...during World War I in the United States, that all changed thanks to a former traveling salesman and socialist manqué Utopian named King C. Gillette. He released his "safety razor" in 1901, and by 1917 it was steadily gaining popularity because of a massive ad campaign. His device made it possible and inexpensive for men to shave daily.
Shaving, Disposability, and the First World War
A Doughboy Shaving in Camp with a Gillette Razor For much of human history, men were stuck with facial hair. Beards were mandatory ...
roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com
correct. I use mine to touch up after my DE shave. lately, not really needed. I feel like I have finally perfected the craft after 2 years or so.
mmm...yup
My buddy got sponsored by his senator to apply to Annapolis, and went to a summer camp there. At summer camp, he realized he was the only one who used shaving cream. Everyone else shaved with only water. That is when he knew he didn't want to further pursue matriculation.
Well, that's you.
I got into 'traditional wet shaving' because I was sick of shelling out so much money for Mach3 cartridge refills. While googling information about extending the life of razor blades, I stumbled upon internet forums about DE blades. I realized how cheap they are compared to cartridges, researched my options, and dove in. I had a very long learning curve, and it was frustrating how long DE shaving took. But over the years I've gotten much better and faster at it, and I think that's a good thing.
It's just shaving. A razor, a blade, a brush, and a shave stick: that's what I use, no bowl, no aftershave. I have no interest in making it more complicated, and I'm happy to have simplified the routine to the point that I have.
Not everyone considers shaving to be an art form or some sort of cathartic zen experience. To some of us, it's just the thing we need to do to trim the hairs on our face and/or neck.
Nothing against you for being unlike me in that regard, mind you. I used to be more into 'the experience'. I know, I get it. But just remember that it's still just a chore for some of us, not a hobby.
Maybe it’s my lack of intellect or progressing age, but I see no incompatibility between your post and mine, in particular your motivation for abandoning cartridges and my belief that if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing right.
Not a word about “an art form or some sort of cathartic zen experience” or “interest in making it more complicated.”
Far from it, I believe that the ultimate sophistication is simplicity.
I have no idea what made you assume otherwise.
In my world, one can easily do what you wrote and combine it with what I wrote.
There’s space for both.
But as you said, that’s just me.
B.
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Sorry I misread you. I interpreted your post as being against striving for efficiency when shaving.
No biggie.
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