Good evening all. I can finally add myself to the ranks of people who shave with straight razors. I had my first shave tonight with my 5/8 Ralf Aust razor. While I wouldn’t count this my most successful shave ever, I completed two passes, wtg and xtg, without any cuts or nicks.
I do have some irritation which is to be expected from me learning a new shaving technique. I also used a brand new soap and base ( gravefruit from southern witchcrafts) and created too creamy of a lather which didn’t have enough slickness. My next attempt will be with noble otter soaps since I’m very familiar. I think maybe I’ll try to add more water then normal for my de shaves, but I’d like to hear others opinions on this.
Believe it or not but I, finding 5e most difficult part of the shave is stropping afterwards. I’ve watched a ton of videos on stropping but cut up my strop quite a bit. Thankfully it’s a cheap starter strap and I plan to get more until I get the technique down. Does anyone have any good resources for learning to strop?
I do have some irritation which is to be expected from me learning a new shaving technique. I also used a brand new soap and base ( gravefruit from southern witchcrafts) and created too creamy of a lather which didn’t have enough slickness. My next attempt will be with noble otter soaps since I’m very familiar. I think maybe I’ll try to add more water then normal for my de shaves, but I’d like to hear others opinions on this.
Believe it or not but I, finding 5e most difficult part of the shave is stropping afterwards. I’ve watched a ton of videos on stropping but cut up my strop quite a bit. Thankfully it’s a cheap starter strap and I plan to get more until I get the technique down. Does anyone have any good resources for learning to strop?