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What did you learn from your last shave?
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I've been known to whip a little soap in my scuttle followed by a dollop of Barbasol. It winds up as a great shave. Perhaps I'll try the Arko + Barbasol this weekend. . . .
Other than with a GEM Micromatic, this is holding true. Would probably hold true for that machine, too, if I allowed myself that ever so pleasing ”crunch” of its ‘loud’ angle.
That using a 2-3 week old GEM SE blade with an Arko stick drawn right on my face can actually yield a best possible shave
Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
I found that you never stop learning new methods when shaving from technique to mixing lather, Recently I have been misting my lather and it has improved the quality of lather to a more creamy, hydrated, peaked lather. KISS(Keep it simple shaving) still applies to lathering who would of thought a simple mister could improve my lather. 
I wanted more hair to shave - an extra day off.
I learned that Exchange Select blades, sold at the base exchange, work great for me in the Razorock .84 SB i recently picked up. Good for me because I have a lot of those blades. Very close and comfortable and I always just shave ATG on my cheeks and neck.
That sometimes the Schick Injector blades just keep going, today was shave 20.
I re-learned that my limit on Feather blades is 2 shaves. I didn't keep track of my shaves since the last blade change, and third time roughed my neck up again!
My brain hates missing a nightly shave, but my skin is cool with it.
Captain's Choice shave soaps do not work for me. Love the aftershaves, but the soaps do not perform at a level I need.
I was reminded again today that just because time seems to stop as soon as I start making the lather, it really keeps ticking away throughout the shave. Curse you, Reality!
I have learned that sooner or later I will need to shave again.
Man I need a shave
doug
Man I need a shave
doug
There's a cure for that, don'cha know...
The stubble gremlins use the 60 grit side of a QEP rubbing stone to breadknife all of his blades the moment he falls asleep. It’s awful.
That a OneBlade Core razor is gentle enough to shave with a day after a tough, irritating shave. I wasn't sure how my skin would react but I had barely any reaction.
To not use an exfoliating soap on my face 12h after a terrible shave ...
I learnt that the Treet Carbon, aka black beauties are THE blades for me. I found that they worked well for me early on, however I tried many different blades and left Black beauties on the side for a while. I've tried Feather, Rapira, Cloud, Dorco, Shark, Derby extra, Treet 7am. I was trying to see if I could find something better. But nothing worked. I nicked my self almost every time, some blades were tugging, a lot of them left my neck red and sore. The quality of my shave plummeted because my passes weren't thorough anymore and I stopped doing touch ups because I feared to nick myself even more. BBS shaves were gone. I thought that I was regressing.
Then everything changed. I went back to the Treet Carbon. I had one blade that I had used once. I loaded It in my Merkur Progress and I had the best shave in ages. It went through the stubble with ease and it was so forgiving yet efficient. Three pass plus touch up m, BBS with no nicks. They are my blades I think I won't try anything else.
Then everything changed. I went back to the Treet Carbon. I had one blade that I had used once. I loaded It in my Merkur Progress and I had the best shave in ages. It went through the stubble with ease and it was so forgiving yet efficient. Three pass plus touch up m, BBS with no nicks. They are my blades I think I won't try anything else.
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