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Strange seeing this old post emerge again.
I invested in a decent brush and a few different types of soaps.
But the big difference to my shave was the amount of pressure I used. As little...

I took a day off from shaving yesterday to give my face sone time to recover.
I shaved today and took all your advice on board, especially in reference to the pressure.
A marked improvement!
I...

I never imagined straight shaving would have so much to it or indeed that I'd be on an Internet forum discussing it.
Great wee community you have here. I've not even been on 24 hours yet and I've...

What the hell is Belgian Coticule??
Also cella??
Feel like I'm learning a new language lol

B for Badger Brush

Cheers guys,
I've got a feeling my list to Santa could be all shave paraphernalia! Lol

Cheers Phrank, sounds like you've got quite a collection of products. How do you ever choose what ones to use?! Lol
Or do you have a rotation for them.
I'll probably get an alum block too, to be...

Yeah, I think he hit the nail on the head with that one. My razor has thoroughly put me in my place now.

The new blade stopped the snagging yeah.
I think I was keeping my angle about 30, though hard to maintain the angle around the chin. When Movember's over I'm gonna discover the joys of shaving the...

Thanks for the input mate.
No doubt I'll end up with I nice big silver tip brush at some point. Just don't wanna invest too much incase I don't stick at it.
I'm refurbing an old razor at the...

Wee bit of online shopping at the shaving shack146546
Haven't completed the order yet. Is that the right kinda stuff? Anything else?

I have to confess I don't have a brush or proper shaving cream. I'm just using my generic aerosol cream. Would that make much of a difference.
Never heard of pre-shave cream, is it like pre-shave...

Think that's wise lol

Think you're right and I got a little cocky.
I'll go a lot lighter next time. I think I might have reduced the angle a bit much this time, still experimenting with it.
I may invest in an alum...

I've been using a bluebeards revenge shavette style razor all week and after a couple of dodgy shaves at the start I dared to think I was getting the hang of it.
But I just had a god awful shave. I...