I encountered an interesting idea on YouTube yesterday entitled “This Tip Can Change Your (shaving) Life!”. Yes, I know that he is trying to sell his stuff but the idea was recommended by a new DE shaver who had 8 shaves for experience. In fairness this new shaver got the idea from a physicist. Well, I am not a physicist so who am I to contradict the idea. The concept is that for those who get irritation form any sort of wet shaving they should use a razor (DE, cartridge, straight, etc.) that has been rinsed in cold water. All of the rest of their shaving routine uses warm water. Their technique should remain the same with a light touch – good advice!
I have been wet shaving now for approximately 10 months. My technique has improved with the ideas I read here. Still, I get a little irritation especially on a few difficult spots I haven’t mastered yet. Thinking that simply rinsing the razor with cold water is easy and can’t hurt anything I thought let’s give this a try. It does feel different after lathering as usual with warm water and having a cold razor against the skin. The resulting shave though was unremarkable. It was as good as any of my daily shaves. I used my alum block as a gauge to see if there was less irritation and found the usual spots that I probably overwork were still irritated.
I am not sure what to think of the video now. Was this an early April Fools’ video? Is there any real physical concept that could potentially help? Am I a klutz and didn’t do it properly?
It is easy enough to try. Perhaps someone else can do it successfully and perhaps someone can explain the physical concept that I fail to understand.
I have been wet shaving now for approximately 10 months. My technique has improved with the ideas I read here. Still, I get a little irritation especially on a few difficult spots I haven’t mastered yet. Thinking that simply rinsing the razor with cold water is easy and can’t hurt anything I thought let’s give this a try. It does feel different after lathering as usual with warm water and having a cold razor against the skin. The resulting shave though was unremarkable. It was as good as any of my daily shaves. I used my alum block as a gauge to see if there was less irritation and found the usual spots that I probably overwork were still irritated.
I am not sure what to think of the video now. Was this an early April Fools’ video? Is there any real physical concept that could potentially help? Am I a klutz and didn’t do it properly?
It is easy enough to try. Perhaps someone else can do it successfully and perhaps someone can explain the physical concept that I fail to understand.