Thread: Great shaves this weekend

This morning and yesterday morning I had some great shaves!

I found a method of shavig the upperlip and chin that work for me. just short scratchy moves turning the direction from xtg to atg without lifting the blade from the skin (for the corners of my upperlip) keeping the razor flat on the skin..

first started with a shower,lathered up, stropped razor (50 laps on Cr0 and 100 on leather), rinsed and latherup again.. WTG pass..rinse, lathered up.. XTG/ATG pass.. warm water rinse.. cold water rinse, aftershave balm (Sanex with alum).. cleanup razor and mess in bathroom and I was done!!!

Hmmm...and then espresso!

Maarten

Congrats!! It's great to find techniques that works for you..

Originally Posted by mlangstr

This morning and yesterday morning I had some great shaves!

Hartelijk gefeliciteerd!

Originally Posted by mlangstr

I found a method of shavig the upperlip and chin that work for me. just short scratchy moves turning the direction from xtg to atg without lifting the blade from the skin (for the corners of my upperlip) keeping the razor flat on the skin..

That technique is called buffing: Advanced shaving techniques for the straight razor - Straight Razor Place Wiki - you are a brave man, Maarten.

Originally Posted by mlangstr

Hmmm...and then espresso!

Ah yes. I knew I had forgotten something, time to cheat Miss Silvia.