I've been kicking around here for about a month and decided to follow the crowd and start a journal. For those unaware, the Empire State of the South is Georgia--home sweet home. Welcome to the home of Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, peaches, pecans, cotton, the oldest public university in the country (UGA), and of course--good old fashioned southern hospitality. I've lived here for the past three years (came from Arizona), but I love it here and wouldn't mind retiring in North Georgia, or one of the Carolina's.
I'll start with some background on my shave history. My dad used electric razors as far as I remember, so I started shaving with an old Remington he wasn't using. I quickly learned electric razors burned my neck (I tried some Norelco and Braun razors over the years, too). So I mostly did what I'll call modern wet shaving (Gillette, Schick, Edge Gel, etc.). I pretty much tried every cartridge and was generally happy with the results. But when the Fusion came along, I could no longer justify the expense and started to look for something different. I did some research on the internet, learned about safety razors, and bought a EJ DE89. I'd love to say it was love at first shave, but it wasn't. My neck was a bloody mess, and no matter how many tutorials I watched, I couldn't get it right. So I put it away and went back to Gillette, but less than a year later became determined to figure out the safety razor. It wasn't until I read something about how zero pressure will likely feel like negative pressure if you were coming from years of cartridge shaving. Suddenly, things clicked and the DE razor was working for me. Long story short--like many in this fine hobby--one razor became two, and then they started multiplying like rabbits. I currently have somewhere around 40 razors. Modern, vintage, DE, SE, shavette, straight--you name it, I've probably tried it. My current favorites are the OneBlade Genesis, Portland Razor Co. 6.8 (Spanish point), Feather AC and Razorock Mamba 70. But I also love my Gillette Slim and Fatboy, and the old Schick Injectors are beautiful in their simplicity. I try to keep the number of soaps/creams I have at 10 or less--and I'm currently at 10 so I need to use up a couple before buying more. Right now I'm using Tabac, PdP, Proraso, Captain's Choice, Stirling, and CBL.
I'm a little odd in the sense that I get my absolute closest shaves using a straight for the first pass (WTG) and a second pass with a DE or SE (ATG). 2 passes and maybe a touch up here or there is it for me. I always shave right after I get out of the shower, and that works fine for my prep.
I may elaborate more about myself in later posts--I'll see how this journal works for me.
Today's shave was:
CBL Poseidon soap
Feather AC (first pass), Gillette Fatboy (set to 3 for second pass)
Clubman Pinaud AS
I'll start with some background on my shave history. My dad used electric razors as far as I remember, so I started shaving with an old Remington he wasn't using. I quickly learned electric razors burned my neck (I tried some Norelco and Braun razors over the years, too). So I mostly did what I'll call modern wet shaving (Gillette, Schick, Edge Gel, etc.). I pretty much tried every cartridge and was generally happy with the results. But when the Fusion came along, I could no longer justify the expense and started to look for something different. I did some research on the internet, learned about safety razors, and bought a EJ DE89. I'd love to say it was love at first shave, but it wasn't. My neck was a bloody mess, and no matter how many tutorials I watched, I couldn't get it right. So I put it away and went back to Gillette, but less than a year later became determined to figure out the safety razor. It wasn't until I read something about how zero pressure will likely feel like negative pressure if you were coming from years of cartridge shaving. Suddenly, things clicked and the DE razor was working for me. Long story short--like many in this fine hobby--one razor became two, and then they started multiplying like rabbits. I currently have somewhere around 40 razors. Modern, vintage, DE, SE, shavette, straight--you name it, I've probably tried it. My current favorites are the OneBlade Genesis, Portland Razor Co. 6.8 (Spanish point), Feather AC and Razorock Mamba 70. But I also love my Gillette Slim and Fatboy, and the old Schick Injectors are beautiful in their simplicity. I try to keep the number of soaps/creams I have at 10 or less--and I'm currently at 10 so I need to use up a couple before buying more. Right now I'm using Tabac, PdP, Proraso, Captain's Choice, Stirling, and CBL.
I'm a little odd in the sense that I get my absolute closest shaves using a straight for the first pass (WTG) and a second pass with a DE or SE (ATG). 2 passes and maybe a touch up here or there is it for me. I always shave right after I get out of the shower, and that works fine for my prep.
I may elaborate more about myself in later posts--I'll see how this journal works for me.
Today's shave was:
CBL Poseidon soap
Feather AC (first pass), Gillette Fatboy (set to 3 for second pass)
Clubman Pinaud AS
Done on a treadmill?
