OK, watching now, and commenting as I go.
1) You loaded that soap for a solid 60 seconds. That's more than necessary. It's not about the length of time. I say 30 seconds as an average, but each soap is going to be different. some need more, other need less. It's all trial and error. You lather for a little bit, and if you don't have enough, you go back to the puck and get some more, no big deal. Tabac should lather quickly, and 20 seconds may be all you need. You just go by feel and looks.
2) Pre-shave cube. If it's a pre-shave, then you use it before you shave, right? Seems like you should have just lathered the pre-shave soap, let it clean your face, then rinse it off. Then you lather with your shave soap. I'm not sure why you would lather your shave soap on top of your pre-shave soap. If you've watched our other videos, most of us don't use any pre-shave products at all. My preshave is my shower, that's it. But regardless, you used a ton of pre-shave soap, and the Tabac lather on top of that was way too much. It did not appear that you had enough water worked into your lather and that your lather was quite thick. You mentioned that you felt like the lather was drying as you shave.... evidence you didn't have enough water to begin with.
3) Each pass you should be removing the lather right down to the skin. If there is any lather left from the pass, then your angle is off, or your pressure is wrong. But based on you repeating how you were trying to not use any pressure, I think you werent using enough pressure. It looks like you were letting the razor glide on top of the whiskers, and not allowing it to cut.
We say no pressure, because most people are coming from a Gillette Mach3 or Fusion razor. You can press those razors as hard as you want into your face and they will not cut you, so most guys are used to using a lot of pressure. That's why we have to stress over and over about no pressure..... but you actually do need some pressure. You need to hold the razor on your face, and use enough pressure to keep it there. It almost looks like you are intentionally holding it off your face at times.
4) It also appeared that you were holding the razor handle too parallel to your face, which makes your angle too steep, and makes the blade scrape across the whiskers, rather than actually slice and cut them. You mentioned in your PM to me about your riding the cap, but it did not look like you were riding the cap at all.... just the opposite.
5) You also asked me about blades. If you feel that one of your other blades would be more comfortable, or you've had better results with, then switch. But your issue is not with the blade, so whatever blade you want to use, stick with it until you figure out the rest of your shave.
6) your video was very good, and helped a lot.
7) I'd recommend re watching the instructional video I posted, and especially watching the portion where I'm shaving. Also watch a few of our other members videos and view their techniques.
