SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
My journal initally started somewhere else....I'm not sure if I can link to that place so I'll leave that out, and just say that I've been at it for about 4 months now. I'm still very much learning the ropes of DE shaving, a lot of trial and error, a little bit of video watching, a lot of asking for advice, ignoring that advice, then taking that advice, and then taking all of that and throwing it in a blender to see what comes out!
So here's tonight's shave...
Tonight's shave....
Pre Shave:
Hot shower, shampoo beard area
Shave:
RazoRock Tech II loaded with a Feather Hi-Stainless blade, Razorock Mudder Focker soap, Kingsley pure badger
1 W/XTG, 1W/XTG (opposite direction), 1 A/XTG, 1 A/XTG (opposite direction)
Post Shave:
Cold rinse, alum, cold rinse, witch hazel, Stirling Sharp Dressed Man AS
Tonight's shave is one of the closest I've had when shaving consecutive days in a row. BBS above the jaw line, DFS below. 2 weepers that stopped bleeding after applying the alum, very little irritation otherwise.
I've adapted the 4 pass shave that I have been using (1 WTG, 2 XTG in opposite directions, 1 ATG) to the following passes:
1 combo of a WTG/XTG. Above the jaw line everything is pretty much N-S for a WTG pass. So here I go from outside to inside on a downward path. From ear to chin is a good way to describe it. Below the jaw line things get a bit trickier, but you get the idea.
1 combo the same but in the opposite direction. So from inside to outside, downward path. From nose to the corner of the jaw.
1 combo of ATG/XTG. Outside to inside again, but on an upward path. From S-N above the jawline. Corner of the jaw to the nose.
1 combo of the same but opposite direction. Chin to sideburn.
This seems to work just a bit better than the original 4 pass I had been doing. I thought it might be more efficient. It could very well all be in my head though haha! Either way it seemed to work tonight so I'll stick with it and see what happens.
I must also say that I am enjoying the sharper end of the blade spectrum (from what I've tried so far). The Feathers and Kai's have really seemed to agree with me more than any other blade. It could also be that my technique is improving as well. I'll have to try to go back to a Shark or a Derby and see what happens.
So here's tonight's shave...
Tonight's shave....
Pre Shave:
Hot shower, shampoo beard area
Shave:
RazoRock Tech II loaded with a Feather Hi-Stainless blade, Razorock Mudder Focker soap, Kingsley pure badger
1 W/XTG, 1W/XTG (opposite direction), 1 A/XTG, 1 A/XTG (opposite direction)
Post Shave:
Cold rinse, alum, cold rinse, witch hazel, Stirling Sharp Dressed Man AS
Tonight's shave is one of the closest I've had when shaving consecutive days in a row. BBS above the jaw line, DFS below. 2 weepers that stopped bleeding after applying the alum, very little irritation otherwise.
I've adapted the 4 pass shave that I have been using (1 WTG, 2 XTG in opposite directions, 1 ATG) to the following passes:
1 combo of a WTG/XTG. Above the jaw line everything is pretty much N-S for a WTG pass. So here I go from outside to inside on a downward path. From ear to chin is a good way to describe it. Below the jaw line things get a bit trickier, but you get the idea.
1 combo the same but in the opposite direction. So from inside to outside, downward path. From nose to the corner of the jaw.
1 combo of ATG/XTG. Outside to inside again, but on an upward path. From S-N above the jawline. Corner of the jaw to the nose.
1 combo of the same but opposite direction. Chin to sideburn.
This seems to work just a bit better than the original 4 pass I had been doing. I thought it might be more efficient. It could very well all be in my head though haha! Either way it seemed to work tonight so I'll stick with it and see what happens.
I must also say that I am enjoying the sharper end of the blade spectrum (from what I've tried so far). The Feathers and Kai's have really seemed to agree with me more than any other blade. It could also be that my technique is improving as well. I'll have to try to go back to a Shark or a Derby and see what happens.
