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Where are you located danjared Las Vegas or Miami?.
Best regards
Emmanuel
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Emmanuel
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So you have to build a lather by the bottled water .Life is difficult by itself dont make it
more difficult,Enjoy your shave.
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Emmanuel
more difficult,Enjoy your shave.
Best regards
Emmanuel
danjared
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emmanuel said:
Today, that may be my only choice. My workplace is closed today (and yesterday) per request by the local electric company. The power went out thrice yesterday at my apartment. While I was showering a couple hours ago, the water went out. At least one local water tower cracked from the extreme (and unusual) cold...
And people worry about foreigners for the sake of "national security". I guess this "arctic blast" did come from Canada.
: We went and filled some jugs of filtered water. I'm going to save it for drinking for now.
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Good luck jared .Take care.
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Emmanuel
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Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Thank you so much for the info provided, i just finnish the best shave i ever had...and i'm 51.
On top of that i shaved with a DE.
I dint felt no irritation nor resistence.
The Lather was rich but not tick, paint brush it a nice thin layer.
Thanks so much for this info, Emmanuel.
Best Regards
adri
Thank you so much for the info provided, i just finnish the best shave i ever had...and i'm 51.
On top of that i shaved with a DE.
I dint felt no irritation nor resistence.
The Lather was rich but not tick, paint brush it a nice thin layer.
Thanks so much for this info, Emmanuel.
Best Regards
adri
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You well come Andri :thumbup:
Best regards
Emmanuel
Best regards
Emmanuel
wdwrx
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Well, I tried to try it... but I kinda messed it up. I started out face lathering, 'cuz that's what i always do, but i added more water, and finished by "painting" with the grain. The second pass, i added much more water so that the lather was almost translucent, again "painting" with the grain.
The shave went really well, but then i was using the (second) smoothest shaving razor I've got.
So, like I said, I think I messed up the procedure by face lathering in the first place.
The issue I have aren't really caused by sensitive skin per se, rather a combination of edge keenness/pressure (which seem to be functions of one another) and beard growth. The beard hairs, in places, lay almost flat to my skin, with a faint curl, causing them to grow inwards if I shave them too close. In the areas where the hairs don't lay close to the skin, I can do whatever the hell I want, angle and pressure make absolutely no difference. But in areas that they do lay flat, I have to be very cautious.
Thanks for the suggestions though Emmanuel, it was worth a try.
The shave went really well, but then i was using the (second) smoothest shaving razor I've got.
So, like I said, I think I messed up the procedure by face lathering in the first place.
The issue I have aren't really caused by sensitive skin per se, rather a combination of edge keenness/pressure (which seem to be functions of one another) and beard growth. The beard hairs, in places, lay almost flat to my skin, with a faint curl, causing them to grow inwards if I shave them too close. In the areas where the hairs don't lay close to the skin, I can do whatever the hell I want, angle and pressure make absolutely no difference. But in areas that they do lay flat, I have to be very cautious.
Thanks for the suggestions though Emmanuel, it was worth a try.
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Chris as you said ,sensitive skin and beard growing inward is not equal.A perfect lather does not help to avoid this problem but still supports a comfortable shave and a smooth and fresh skin.I remember starting to shave i was 18 always with a straight because of my father i had same problem ,beard growing inward but only on my throat low part . The problem was coming and disappearing, but i never understood the main reason .A day the mentioned problem disappeared maybe at 21-22 and so far at 53 nothing came back To day is impossible to irritate my skin because became shoe soles .I hope as the years go so the problem will be reduced ,but another trouble will be arrived puzzling you and your wife .
Your friend
Emmanuel
Your friend
Emmanuel
Matt
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Hahhahaha! That was a good one.
Emmanuel, since the day you started the thread I have been trying to make my lather more water-filled and denser at the same time. I was experimenting with no, shorter or longer prep time (thing that Bart had advised quite a time ago), even introduced peeling between the shaves to let the whiskers grow out more easily. I tried filtered water, OK, the lather seemed to hold a bit longer, but overall effect is of little significance.
Well, the story is no matter what I do, I can't shave every second day. At my whisker hardness, o.3 mm long hair poking its head out of the skin in unbelievably hard. The razors I'm using are good, solid HHT-4, maybe even reaching 5 sometimes, but still, ATG on those suckers makes the razors "stumble" a bit. Combine it with somewhat raised follicles I'm getting the day after and you get the picture, I guess. After the skin settles properly (three to four days), I can cope with those flat and curly hairs (yup Chris, same here). Ingrowns occur from time to time, but this is of least concern to me.
I feel a bit desperate. :cry: For now I just have to accept the fact that most of the time I'm stubbly and being smooth is something unusual and festive. Well, whatever, only 20 years of waiting ahead of me...
regards,
Matt
Emmanuel, since the day you started the thread I have been trying to make my lather more water-filled and denser at the same time. I was experimenting with no, shorter or longer prep time (thing that Bart had advised quite a time ago), even introduced peeling between the shaves to let the whiskers grow out more easily. I tried filtered water, OK, the lather seemed to hold a bit longer, but overall effect is of little significance.
Well, the story is no matter what I do, I can't shave every second day. At my whisker hardness, o.3 mm long hair poking its head out of the skin in unbelievably hard. The razors I'm using are good, solid HHT-4, maybe even reaching 5 sometimes, but still, ATG on those suckers makes the razors "stumble" a bit. Combine it with somewhat raised follicles I'm getting the day after and you get the picture, I guess. After the skin settles properly (three to four days), I can cope with those flat and curly hairs (yup Chris, same here). Ingrowns occur from time to time, but this is of least concern to me.
I feel a bit desperate. :cry: For now I just have to accept the fact that most of the time I'm stubbly and being smooth is something unusual and festive. Well, whatever, only 20 years of waiting ahead of me...
regards,
Matt
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Matt, I wonder if, well hydrated whisker is capable to stumble a well-honed razor.The mine is really thick and hard,but my skin is not sensitive and get account that i shave every morning.I thing that you have very hard beard but very sensitive skin ,so i believe that the more hollow razor you can use should not be more than 1/4. A razor stumble when the beard is thick and the edge is flexible.That i suggest is to premoisten your face five minutes before lathering and shaving with a wedge or 1/4 no more.
Best regards
Emmanuel
Best regards
Emmanuel
wdwrx
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Matt, you must be my brotha from anotha motha!
I've got exactly the same issues. I can have the sharpest razor stumble too. I use lots of angle and sideways slip, and sometimes some backwards buffing.
Now that it's been mentioned and I think about it, wedges have given me some of my best shaves.
One thing I've learned s to avoid overly aggressive shaving; no third pass. And trying to control the pressure better.
I'd say that at this point, I can hone better than I can shave!
I've got exactly the same issues. I can have the sharpest razor stumble too. I use lots of angle and sideways slip, and sometimes some backwards buffing.
Now that it's been mentioned and I think about it, wedges have given me some of my best shaves.
One thing I've learned s to avoid overly aggressive shaving; no third pass. And trying to control the pressure better.
I'd say that at this point, I can hone better than I can shave!
Matt
Well-Known Member
emmanuel said:
That's funny. I started the whole straight razor adventure with a full hollow heritage razor that had belonged to my great grandfather (hint, Chris?tat2Ralfy said:
). Then I figured it would not be wise to learn honing on it, so I bought a few razors from Wapienica (yup yohann, time to ship it for you), which, as you know, are somewhere around 1/4 hollow. I was having really good shaves as far as I remember. Then after some time I read that many people didn't find much difference between wedgy and hollow blades. So I assumed that it's all about honing - also less ground razors are more scarce - and that's how I ended up with a collection that consists mainly of full hollow blades. I'll stick back to more massive razors for a while and see where it gets me. If results are promising, expect a series of 'WTT' threads.
thank you all, special thanks go to Dennis for his unusual (momentary, though) restraint
Matt