This sort of thing always happens to me.
Shave day starts amazingly, water boils in the hot pot and I pre-heat my brush and mug. I take a shower and my beard is as soft as can be. I fill up my brush with Classicshaving.com bay rum and the brush explodes with rich creamy lather which I brush on to my face and let sit to further soften my beard. I take care of a few other things and then throw a hot towel over the beard to finish the pre-shave prep. I re-lather and pop a new Astra into my '63 Gillette Slim Adjustable on 4 and start my WTG pass...
Dragging, pulling, irritation and general unpleasantness, even with the lightest of touches. "That's odd" I think, so I pop the blade out and pass it gently over the wine cork I keep in my medicine cabinet. I place the blade back in the razor and try again. Less dragging then before so I decide to finish up the WTG, no luck, it's still dragging. I pop the Astra out of the Slim, but this time it goes straight into the blade bank.
I put in a New Sharp Stainless, good but not long-lasting for me, and try to finish up but the damage is already done. No weepers, but my face is red and pissed. I decide to call it a morning and finish up. Cold water stops the irritation, but I throw some Neutrogena post-shave lotion to make sure. It's a cold morning and I need all the help I can get as I head into work. My face is rough and still a bit raw, and here I was looking forward to being smooth-faced...oh well.
Shave day starts amazingly, water boils in the hot pot and I pre-heat my brush and mug. I take a shower and my beard is as soft as can be. I fill up my brush with Classicshaving.com bay rum and the brush explodes with rich creamy lather which I brush on to my face and let sit to further soften my beard. I take care of a few other things and then throw a hot towel over the beard to finish the pre-shave prep. I re-lather and pop a new Astra into my '63 Gillette Slim Adjustable on 4 and start my WTG pass...
Dragging, pulling, irritation and general unpleasantness, even with the lightest of touches. "That's odd" I think, so I pop the blade out and pass it gently over the wine cork I keep in my medicine cabinet. I place the blade back in the razor and try again. Less dragging then before so I decide to finish up the WTG, no luck, it's still dragging. I pop the Astra out of the Slim, but this time it goes straight into the blade bank.
I put in a New Sharp Stainless, good but not long-lasting for me, and try to finish up but the damage is already done. No weepers, but my face is red and pissed. I decide to call it a morning and finish up. Cold water stops the irritation, but I throw some Neutrogena post-shave lotion to make sure. It's a cold morning and I need all the help I can get as I head into work. My face is rough and still a bit raw, and here I was looking forward to being smooth-faced...oh well.