No pressure! No pressure! No pressure!

[patten1969]

I know this has been stated countless times in countless threads, but I wanted to state it again! No pressure!
I got my first open comb, a Plisson, and loaded it with a 7 o'clock blade. The first shaves were frustrating with a few nicks, something I hadn't done in years. Then I read a few threads here talking about no pressure, and I finally got it. I assumed it was the aggressive razor with a super-sharp blade, but it was technique. I let the razor do its work and had one of the most satisfying shaves ever. So no pressure! Thanks for bearing with me, I'm just happy to have finally (after all this time) gotten it!

 

[jbradley]

So simple. Yet so hard to do! Congrats on figuring it out. It's hard to do, but worth it when it falls into place isn't it?

 

[Justin121081]

I find that I have issues with pressure when I shave my neck. I think it is due to the fact that my neck hair grows in so many directions. It is hard to get a good shave in several spots and I apply pressure trying to clean up my trouble areas.

 

[patten1969]

I find that I have issues with pressure when I shave my neck. I think it is due to the fact that my neck hair grows in so many directions. It is hard to get a good shave in several spots and I apply pressure trying to clean up my trouble areas.

Funny you said that, I have the same issue, but that no pressure thing actually worked. I used to apply pressure, end result razor burn, but today, unbelievably, its bbs!

 

[jbradley]

My neck hair is the same way. The best way I've found is to use 4 no pressure passes. WTG, ATG, XTG right to left, and XTG left to right. No pressure = no burn.

 

[john shea]

The 1st effect I notice when my blade is starting to lose its edge is difficulty getting a close BBS shave on my difficult spots. It is natural to try compensating for not getting a close enough shave by applying pressure in an attempt to get closer to the skin. The result is often nicks and razor burn. The answer is usually a new sharp blade with better technique using the razor (wet beard, WTG/XTG beard reduction, skin stretching with ATG cleanup). In some cases, a more aggressive razor, not pressure, may be needed to get a closer shave on spots where there are difficult to reach hairs.

 

[zygalski]

Bit of a ***** if you start out with a Timor TTO (Weishi) like I did then move to a decent razor like a DE89!
I was blade buffing with the Timor to get the hollows of my cheeks to DFS after 3 previous passes. With DE89 & Feathers (or Personna reds for that matter) I get BBS after 2 passes & a very light ATG on my cheeks to finish.
I used pressure with the Timor. Can't afford to use any at all with the DE89 & Feathers...

 

[celestino]

Congratulations on understanding how important such a simple technique is.

 

[raposo III]

i'm a new in this bussiness: wet shave.but in six months i bought 9 d.e....one muhle r41 and one fatip grande, very eficient and only once i "meke a pressure" so much and performed a incision, in my face, just like a surgeon(i'm a head and neck surgeon ), in two weeks closed and the scar looks to me every day, but the pleasure is bigest than the fear of the scars, all men must have one.....

 

[ltjaw]

I had been shaving with a DE for about a year before I really got the no pressure thing. It was a Merkur Futur dialed to 6 (fully open) that taught me. What a revelation, and what an improvement in shave quality!

But further experience has taught me that some razors require (for me) a little pressure to accomplish a good shave. These tend to be my milder razors, like the Feather AS or my Wilkinson Flip-Top. But now that I have the "muscle memory" of the no pressure shave, I have no problems switching between a mild and an aggressive razor. I do prefer the more aggressive razors.

 

[OldGreyGuy]

i'm a new in this bussiness: wet shave.but in six months i bought 9 d.e....one muhle r41 and one fatip grande, very eficient and only once i "meke a pressure" so much and performed a incision, in my face, just like a surgeon(i'm a head and neck surgeon ), in two weeks closed and the scar looks to me every day, but the pleasure is bigest than the fear of the scars, all men must have one.....

Duelling scar?

 

[rosskostron]

SO HARD TO DO ! At least for me

 

[Cheapogit]

SO HARD TO DO ! At least for me

+1

And angle of attack!

 

[Teddyboy]

Also, if it was a 7OC yellow blade, I have found they can be harsh in the "wrong" razor. But no pressure is something I have to remind myself of from time to time.

 

[Graybeard57]

I remind myself regularly, and I don't even use an OC.