Now some of you know I been here a while, I returned to wet shaving after long years as I had forgotten it and now have been back into the fold...I want to say 3 years? It could be a little less I know I been here since about the time I started again.
Now here is the reason for this thread...
I thought I was doing pretty darn good getting pretty good shaves and have a nice collection of goodies in my bathroom, well not near what some of you have and I envy you.
BUT...
I had a wake up just the other night during a shave, I was shaving with my new EJ89 and a Derby blade on it's 2nd shave. The first shave with this combo I was iffy on the blade, I had never tried Derby and well suffice to say was about to drop judgement on it that night depending on the shave as I knew it couldn't be the razor. So it was my EJ89, Spieck cream, Derby blade. It was another ordinary shave to say the least in its very early stages first half of the first pass and it was ok like last time not great, well I went on to the 2nd pass which I normally do two on a 3rd day beard growth and it is always ATG all normal for me. Well I just so happened to think of toying with my angle for some reason and well I angled more on the head of the razor handle angling away mind if that makes sense let me know, and it was like the key fit and the gates opened lol.
What in the hell have I been doing this whole time? The thing mowed right through my stubble like a hot knife through butter, I am now all twisted wondering how I missed this. And it was a friggin Derby! Imagine a Feather. Has this EVER happened to any one?? I feel a mix of renewed excitement, but I also feel shame a little bit and I prolly should being back in it this long to miss a key thing like that, it is ridiculous lol
Now here is the reason for this thread...
I thought I was doing pretty darn good getting pretty good shaves and have a nice collection of goodies in my bathroom, well not near what some of you have and I envy you.
BUT...
I had a wake up just the other night during a shave, I was shaving with my new EJ89 and a Derby blade on it's 2nd shave. The first shave with this combo I was iffy on the blade, I had never tried Derby and well suffice to say was about to drop judgement on it that night depending on the shave as I knew it couldn't be the razor. So it was my EJ89, Spieck cream, Derby blade. It was another ordinary shave to say the least in its very early stages first half of the first pass and it was ok like last time not great, well I went on to the 2nd pass which I normally do two on a 3rd day beard growth and it is always ATG all normal for me. Well I just so happened to think of toying with my angle for some reason and well I angled more on the head of the razor handle angling away mind if that makes sense let me know, and it was like the key fit and the gates opened lol.
What in the hell have I been doing this whole time? The thing mowed right through my stubble like a hot knife through butter, I am now all twisted wondering how I missed this. And it was a friggin Derby! Imagine a Feather. Has this EVER happened to any one?? I feel a mix of renewed excitement, but I also feel shame a little bit and I prolly should being back in it this long to miss a key thing like that, it is ridiculous lol