OK, so I'm a newbie to wet shaving with a DE razor. I got interested from following the forums while I was shopping for some shaving soaps to use with an older pure badger brush. After purchasing some Conk, Proraso, Thayers, Trumper, a Merkur HD and a new silver tip brush I never knew what I was missing.
I've had about 20 small nicks along the way and two rather sever slices on an upper cheek bone so far. These were not fun but definitely good learning experiences.
I just tried my first Derby blade having used Merkurs before and optimized my technique a little and finally have gotten that fantastic shave and nice moisturized skin that I was looking for. The shaves are taking me about 20 minutes right now when I use the new technique (3 passes with almost no pressure other than weight of the razor) but the results are phenomenal. I'm about 98% there to pure BBS skin and this morning did not have even one small nick.
Just wanted to share my failures and successes with the community for consideration.
Enjoy,
- Vince
I've had about 20 small nicks along the way and two rather sever slices on an upper cheek bone so far. These were not fun but definitely good learning experiences.
I just tried my first Derby blade having used Merkurs before and optimized my technique a little and finally have gotten that fantastic shave and nice moisturized skin that I was looking for. The shaves are taking me about 20 minutes right now when I use the new technique (3 passes with almost no pressure other than weight of the razor) but the results are phenomenal. I'm about 98% there to pure BBS skin and this morning did not have even one small nick.
Just wanted to share my failures and successes with the community for consideration.
Enjoy,
- Vince
