Hello Fellow Shavers,
I began wet shaving in December 2022. Like a newbie I got sucked into the equipment aspect which distracted me away from the process. However, I am amazed at how comfortable the below list of razors could be in order of preference.
1. Gillette Tech 1940s variant
2. Fatip Piccolo Gentile
3. Karve CB with B-plate
Razors no longer in use:
1. RazoRock Game Changer .68 OC and .84P
2. RazoRock MJ90a
3. Merkur 34c
4. Karve C-plate (this one is a close call but I like the B better)
I have determined I prefer mild razors where I get consistently great shaves with no irritation. Comfort is more important than efficiency, even though I target a one pass shave as a method to go easy on the skin. The alum block produces almost no tingling. But my one weakness is the chin area, where my danger zone is right below the lip, and then the area on top of the chin. I have a dead zone with almost no hair in between those two upper and lower zones. But when I get to this area my knees get weak and I start to sweat and I get inconsistent shaves, sometimes it is smooth as butter while other times it is tugging like a war. I try to glide lightly with zero pressure but the blade feels like it gets hung up sometimes. Even with a bad shave in that area, I still do not get irritation but the shave is just not comfortable and makes me dread it for the next time. I always go WTG, one pass only, with spot touchups during my entire shave. I am not in a BBS vision quest since I like a fashionable 5 o'clock shadow.
Rookie mistake is I keep changing blades and razors so I have no idea which combination is good. I have figured out that my optimum blade life is two shaves as my blade redline is during its third use when things become uncomfortable. It could be my prep too which is:
1. Wash face with warm water and mild exfoliating soap. Sometimes I shower prior.
2. Apply pre-shave oil to the danger zone
3. Wet face and brush on my bowl prepared lather
My hair growth is not particularly heavy, where I start looking pretty ragged around 48 hours. My whiskers are normal as in not peach fuzz or linguine but still pretty stiff.
Anyways, thanks for reading and any advice you can offer as I appreciate your barber wisdom. Happy shaves!
I began wet shaving in December 2022. Like a newbie I got sucked into the equipment aspect which distracted me away from the process. However, I am amazed at how comfortable the below list of razors could be in order of preference.
1. Gillette Tech 1940s variant
2. Fatip Piccolo Gentile
3. Karve CB with B-plate
Razors no longer in use:
1. RazoRock Game Changer .68 OC and .84P
2. RazoRock MJ90a
3. Merkur 34c
4. Karve C-plate (this one is a close call but I like the B better)
I have determined I prefer mild razors where I get consistently great shaves with no irritation. Comfort is more important than efficiency, even though I target a one pass shave as a method to go easy on the skin. The alum block produces almost no tingling. But my one weakness is the chin area, where my danger zone is right below the lip, and then the area on top of the chin. I have a dead zone with almost no hair in between those two upper and lower zones. But when I get to this area my knees get weak and I start to sweat and I get inconsistent shaves, sometimes it is smooth as butter while other times it is tugging like a war. I try to glide lightly with zero pressure but the blade feels like it gets hung up sometimes. Even with a bad shave in that area, I still do not get irritation but the shave is just not comfortable and makes me dread it for the next time. I always go WTG, one pass only, with spot touchups during my entire shave. I am not in a BBS vision quest since I like a fashionable 5 o'clock shadow.
Rookie mistake is I keep changing blades and razors so I have no idea which combination is good. I have figured out that my optimum blade life is two shaves as my blade redline is during its third use when things become uncomfortable. It could be my prep too which is:
1. Wash face with warm water and mild exfoliating soap. Sometimes I shower prior.
2. Apply pre-shave oil to the danger zone
3. Wet face and brush on my bowl prepared lather
My hair growth is not particularly heavy, where I start looking pretty ragged around 48 hours. My whiskers are normal as in not peach fuzz or linguine but still pretty stiff.
Anyways, thanks for reading and any advice you can offer as I appreciate your barber wisdom. Happy shaves!