I'm a 32 year old lawyer from just outside of Fort Worth. I came in search of the illusive shave without massive amounts of razor burn and decided to give wet shaving a try.
I have really think facial hair and sensitive skin so I have suffered under a lifetime (well, since puberty) of razor burn and painful shaving experiences. I tried all the cart razors and an electric razor plus all the weird techniques people promised would help. I normally shave with a Fusion proglide once every few days. The five blades did about as good of a job as the mach 3 I started shaving with as a teen but I keep some facial hair so I liked the precision I could get with the single razor on the backside.
Did my first shave with the Merkur tonight. Did almost as good at getting a clean shave on my first attempt and just a slight nick in the moustache area. Almost no razor burn. I used the Fusion around the facial hair and realized how much pressure I had to use to get the razor to actually shave the hairs, which explains all the sensitivity and razor burn. I'm looking forward to getting comfortable enough with the DE razor that I can do my whole face and ditch the Fusion entirely. I'm sure I'll get there in a few weeks.
I have really think facial hair and sensitive skin so I have suffered under a lifetime (well, since puberty) of razor burn and painful shaving experiences. I tried all the cart razors and an electric razor plus all the weird techniques people promised would help. I normally shave with a Fusion proglide once every few days. The five blades did about as good of a job as the mach 3 I started shaving with as a teen but I keep some facial hair so I liked the precision I could get with the single razor on the backside.
Did my first shave with the Merkur tonight. Did almost as good at getting a clean shave on my first attempt and just a slight nick in the moustache area. Almost no razor burn. I used the Fusion around the facial hair and realized how much pressure I had to use to get the razor to actually shave the hairs, which explains all the sensitivity and razor burn. I'm looking forward to getting comfortable enough with the DE razor that I can do my whole face and ditch the Fusion entirely. I'm sure I'll get there in a few weeks.
