What works for me...
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I feel like I'm ready for my first DE experience. Let's see how things go.
Scott
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Scott
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Finally I have found another person who shaves BEFORE showering
After a cold rinse following the last pass, I tend to dry and then apply a light moisturiser. I then go for breakfast etc. After showering, and the last part of my shower is cold water running over my face (I do live in the tropics
), I dry my face and then apply an aftershave moisturiser. So far so good, not bad for a forty something novice 
Thanks this has really made a huge difference to how I shave, before I didn't pay too much attention to the growth of my beard and so at times was shaving against the grain without with the grain beforehand which gave me a lot of irritation 
Much improved now!
Much improved now!
Very very nicely done 
Great post, love the information, detail and photos. At only two and a half weeks into wet shaving I'm still working on the pressure/angle issue, especially around the neck and jawline. I'll be trying out the razor grips tomorrow, and sending a link to this to a newbie friend of mine. Thanks for taking the time to educate.
Just a quick follow up. The three finger grip on the razor has dramatically helped me in the pressure/angle department and almost entirely eliminated razor burn for me. Thanks Kyle!
I will try the 3 finger grip!
The three finger grip has helped me quite a bit!
Pleasantly surprised
Pleasantly surprised
I've only been DE shaving for 2 months. I agree with shaving before a shower. Some face oils seem to help me keep the razor burn down.
Thanks for the post.
Thanks for the post.
Nice to see a post by kyle after some time ( If I haven't missed some in the past)
As usual a great post by a great veteran. I was drawn to experiment further in wet shaving after reading the two reviews on HD34c and the slant by kyle. When that happened I was not even a member here.
Thank you very much for sharing
As usual a great post by a great veteran. I was drawn to experiment further in wet shaving after reading the two reviews on HD34c and the slant by kyle. When that happened I was not even a member here.
Thank you very much for sharing
Hey, very informative post. Good job. What happens though when you have whiskers (in my case the mustache area )that are hard almost impossible to cut?
OP: "My prep consists of holding a hot moist towel over the area to be shaved for 2-3 minutes. I use hot water from the tap and will “refresh” the towel in the sink bowl every 30-45 seconds until I have reached the aforementioned 2-3 minute mark."
As I am also a "shower after shave rather than before" kind of guy, i wanted to try the above advice. I end up looking like batman being waterboarded when i do this. Can someone educate me as to the finer points of this menaouver? I end up standing in front of the sink with towel dripping from corners and no matter how i hold it, half my face is not being lubricated.
i have tried using less water on towel, but less water isnt enough to let my face soak it up.
do you do this standing up?
i realize how tediously detailed i'm being, but this act is very inelegant the way i do it, and in general i am a pretty graceful, athletic dude. (i am comfortable enough with my sexuality to cal myself graceful as a compliment, thank you)
As I am also a "shower after shave rather than before" kind of guy, i wanted to try the above advice. I end up looking like batman being waterboarded when i do this. Can someone educate me as to the finer points of this menaouver? I end up standing in front of the sink with towel dripping from corners and no matter how i hold it, half my face is not being lubricated.
i have tried using less water on towel, but less water isnt enough to let my face soak it up.
do you do this standing up?
i realize how tediously detailed i'm being, but this act is very inelegant the way i do it, and in general i am a pretty graceful, athletic dude. (i am comfortable enough with my sexuality to cal myself graceful as a compliment, thank you)
OP: "My prep consists of holding a hot moist towel over the area to be shaved for 2-3 minutes. I use hot water from the tap and will “refresh” the towel in the sink bowl every 30-45 seconds until I have reached the aforementioned 2-3 minute mark."
As I am also a "shower after shave rather than before" kind of guy, i wanted to try the above advice. I end up looking like batman being waterboarded when i do this. Can someone educate me as to the finer points of this menaouver? I end up standing in front of the sink with towel dripping from corners and no matter how i hold it, half my face is not being lubricated.
i have tried using less water on towel, but less water isnt enough to let my face soak it up.
do you do this standing up?
i realize how tediously detailed i'm being, but this act is very inelegant the way i do it, and in general i am a pretty graceful, athletic dude. (i am comfortable enough with my sexuality to cal myself graceful as a compliment, thank you)
Sounds like you have too much water. Ring it out, there is still enough water in to for your beard/face to soak it up. When it cools a little, dip/rinse with hot again, ring it out, repeat.
Good luck!
Good read! I definitely will try the grip you posted, seems like a better one than I normally do.
Gripping the end really helps with pressure problems! Thanks for the reminder!
What great posts you find when you sort each forum by total views. 
Great Post - thanks! Will try swapping out my ham-fisted, baseball bat grip with your delicate tea-drinker's pinky salute
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