Tried it again today with Dreadnought preshave oil and their matching shaving cream, and snapped a red Personna in half to load into my Parker SRX. I focused intently on blade angle (almost flat) and just lifting the cream off of my face, and not feeling concerned about the whiskers. It was a massive improvement over yesterday when I shaved with too-wet, un-cushiony lather, and no preshave oil. It was getting painful and I just quit after one WTG pass, but today I even went ATG and achieved a DFS.
I’m certainly not learning the easy way, since I’m only shaving my neck as I’m keeping the rest of my beard trimmed. Not exactly a lot of flat surfaces down there, but with patience I was able to get the motions down and gain some confidence.
Take your time, everyone. Stop for the day if it’s getting painful, but keep working at it the next day and the day after that, and you’ll be rewarded when you get it.
I’m certainly not learning the easy way, since I’m only shaving my neck as I’m keeping the rest of my beard trimmed. Not exactly a lot of flat surfaces down there, but with patience I was able to get the motions down and gain some confidence.
Take your time, everyone. Stop for the day if it’s getting painful, but keep working at it the next day and the day after that, and you’ll be rewarded when you get it.