Some pressure is good.
I believe it is sound advice for new shavers, but development of individual technique in DE, SE or SR platforms can make the adage quickly counter-productive as the user progresses in experience and familiarity with beard type, skin sensitivity and mapping, and an increasingly indifferent shave result becomes a factor if the no pressure rule is blindly adhered to, retarding the new shavers individual route to improving results.
Judicious pressure used with experience, especially at the XTG pass makes a significant difference to the duration of post shave result.
I define pressure as forward energy of the stroke, not pressing down, although a little of that is beneficial.
This takes significant 'dialling in' as to ones' individual technique, razor used and blade deployed.
I recently shaved with a US RT and a second use GSB using no pressure at all. A good shave, but the visible shave duration was suprisingly short, at some ten hours.
About six hours ago I used the same blade, the same Arko! and the same brush in a 48' Super Speed with some pressure at certain stages of the shave and the results point to a longer lasting post shave duration. In other words, visibility of stubble and the need to shave again has been retarded by maybe eight hours longer.
I needed to shave again after twenty four hours with the RT shave. Using some pressure with the SS means that shave will last thirty six hours or slightly more, to my standards.
My face is oddly somewhat smoother and the effect that some term as FIS seems minimal.
Views on this please.
I believe it is sound advice for new shavers, but development of individual technique in DE, SE or SR platforms can make the adage quickly counter-productive as the user progresses in experience and familiarity with beard type, skin sensitivity and mapping, and an increasingly indifferent shave result becomes a factor if the no pressure rule is blindly adhered to, retarding the new shavers individual route to improving results.
Judicious pressure used with experience, especially at the XTG pass makes a significant difference to the duration of post shave result.
I define pressure as forward energy of the stroke, not pressing down, although a little of that is beneficial.
This takes significant 'dialling in' as to ones' individual technique, razor used and blade deployed.
I recently shaved with a US RT and a second use GSB using no pressure at all. A good shave, but the visible shave duration was suprisingly short, at some ten hours.
About six hours ago I used the same blade, the same Arko! and the same brush in a 48' Super Speed with some pressure at certain stages of the shave and the results point to a longer lasting post shave duration. In other words, visibility of stubble and the need to shave again has been retarded by maybe eight hours longer.
I needed to shave again after twenty four hours with the RT shave. Using some pressure with the SS means that shave will last thirty six hours or slightly more, to my standards.
My face is oddly somewhat smoother and the effect that some term as FIS seems minimal.
Views on this please.
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