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Episode 26 - Shaving
Do you shave your face? How about your legs? What equipment and what techniques do you use?
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badger brush + classic safety razor + lavender shaving cream (taylor of old bond)
The mach 3 is the windows of razors.
Modern "classic shaving" is the tried-and-true UNIX of razors with modern sensibilities, making it the linux of razors.
pwned.
Remember, you can get a few extra days out of the razor by flipping it over. It's like rotating your tires. Also, clean it very well after each use, or gunk will build up and degrade the quality.
I'm on my 3rd pack of razors since February. 3 packs per year at 5 bucks each. Eat me, Gilette.
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Once I get my stuff and try it for the first time, I'll recount my experiences. Should be interesting, since my shaving experience before has only been with craptacular razors.
Of couse, be sure to observe the following:
Use HOT water. Have a washcloth handy to soak your face a bit with.
Fill the sink or basin with hot water. Rinse the blade frequently.
Use SHORT strokes. The thinker your facial hair, the shorter.
Keep everything WET. Your face, the razor, the brush: water is the most important factor here.
Shave WITH the grain of your hair. If you desire a closer shave after doing so, shave carefully again against the grain. Going against the grain should not be practiced by people who are prone to ingrown hairs.
You will likely have trouble with the chin. Regardless, no not increase pressure: simply shave the area in its entirety twice.
Use little or no pressure on the blade.
After shaving, use COLD water to rinse.
When rinsing, dab or splash: never scrub.
Avoid harsh aftershaves. A cream or nothing at all is better.
A question: when applying the shaving cream to the face, should one use an up-and-down stroke or a circular motion? Does it make a difference?
I don't normally plug things unless I think they're good, so right now, I'm plugging www.classicshaving.com as a great place to get your classic shaving supplies.
I submitted my order a little while ago, and today, I just got done talking to customer service. Seems my sandalwood shaving cream was out of stock. They had tried to contact me during work hours, when I'm least likely to answer my phone, and became slightly concerned that I might not be able to reply to them. So they took the liberty of substituting avocado scented cream in place of the sandalwood, and are sending me a complimentary puck of their sandalwood hard soap, just in case I really, really wanted sandalwood.
So yeah. Cool people.
A word of warning: I shave against the grain, because I have some stubborn hair. When you shave against the grain, go slowly and carefully; it's a great way to get a super close shave, and it's especially good for shaving neck hair, but it will cause more irritation.
Shaving my chin with the beard is a bit difficult, but not much more so then the old razors were.
It's actually really hard to cut yourself, I've found. The couple of times I've cut myself, it's actually a pimple that I ran over, or a bump from an ingrown hair or some other irritation. When I shave against the grain, I wind up with a couple of nicks, but again, that's from irritation more than anything else.
I'm 18...
I listen to an mp3cast called "GeekNights"
Cutting your face with this sucker is almost impossible, unless you press down. I'm even using the open-comb model, which is marginally more dangerous than the standard, and I apply very light pressure. No cuts.
Anybody know any good UK sites to get one from?
That might be what you're looking for.
Of course, now I smell like almonds.
Avocado is where it's at.