Hello fellow B&Bers!
INTRO
I'm a Swedish 23 year old who recently attained both an interest in the field of wet shaving, as well as attaining knowledge of this (glorious) sites existence! I reasoned keeping a log from the very beginning might be of interest not only to my future self, but maybe also to newbies and shavemeisters alike!
My background in shaving is as such: I've never had much beard growth worthy of a mention, as such, i've downplayed the importance of it, relying upon multibladed gilettes and blue goop. This always, ALWAYS, leads to shave burns. I've had shaveburns for as long as I can remember, a permanent state of red blemished all over the throat and jawline. Yuck. I've sort of gone with the idea that my skin simply IS that way and that it is simply unavoidable. Silly me right? I've also run with a electric shaver, and I've pretty much never been redder. I won't be doing that again.
So I was surfing around a quite well-known (I guess) self-improvement blog which is sort of focused on the ideal of the american gentlemen of old, Mad Men types of guys. So yeah. I came across a post about straight shaving and how it is (when you do correctly) much kinder to the skin and I was sold. A few bored nights at work later and I got a hold of my starter stuff!
DAY: -1
So I ordered a pre-put together set of starting equipment from a swedish grooming site, the ingredients is as follows:
* A humble Dovo 5/8 blade, black plastic handle, so I presume it's a simple intro model.
* Leather Strop
* Stryptic Pencil
* Pure badger brush (noname with the sites logo on it)
* T&H luxury shave soap
* Some stands for blade and brush, so it can stand prettily!
Some other common ingredients I use which are from before my wet shaving days is a face wash and moisturizer from Bulldog (smells good), as well as an "respleneshing" afterhave balm from Nivea.
INTRO
I'm a Swedish 23 year old who recently attained both an interest in the field of wet shaving, as well as attaining knowledge of this (glorious) sites existence! I reasoned keeping a log from the very beginning might be of interest not only to my future self, but maybe also to newbies and shavemeisters alike!
My background in shaving is as such: I've never had much beard growth worthy of a mention, as such, i've downplayed the importance of it, relying upon multibladed gilettes and blue goop. This always, ALWAYS, leads to shave burns. I've had shaveburns for as long as I can remember, a permanent state of red blemished all over the throat and jawline. Yuck. I've sort of gone with the idea that my skin simply IS that way and that it is simply unavoidable. Silly me right? I've also run with a electric shaver, and I've pretty much never been redder. I won't be doing that again.
So I was surfing around a quite well-known (I guess) self-improvement blog which is sort of focused on the ideal of the american gentlemen of old, Mad Men types of guys. So yeah. I came across a post about straight shaving and how it is (when you do correctly) much kinder to the skin and I was sold. A few bored nights at work later and I got a hold of my starter stuff!
DAY: -1
So I ordered a pre-put together set of starting equipment from a swedish grooming site, the ingredients is as follows:
* A humble Dovo 5/8 blade, black plastic handle, so I presume it's a simple intro model.
* Leather Strop
* Stryptic Pencil
* Pure badger brush (noname with the sites logo on it)
* T&H luxury shave soap
* Some stands for blade and brush, so it can stand prettily!
Some other common ingredients I use which are from before my wet shaving days is a face wash and moisturizer from Bulldog (smells good), as well as an "respleneshing" afterhave balm from Nivea.
