wdwrx
Well-Known Member
Well, I've been on a real roll for the past 6 weeks or so: I've finally managed to defeat the evil ingrown hairs and irritation I've struggled with my whole adult life while at the same time going clean-shaven on an every-other-day regime, which was previously something I only dreamed I could do.
A couple things came together for me, one of them being just racking up the time in front of the mirror to develop my shaving skills, and the other part was getting the absolute best I could with honing my razors.
By a certain point, I'd tried everything i could imagine, feather light strokes, multiple passes, the "Mad Swiss Method of Shaving", but the magic bullet was a super keen edge, and a single pass WTG, and only a small touch-up pass.
I was starting to notice that the shaves in which the first, WTG pass was almost perfect were my least irritating shaves. Any time I had a poor WTG pass, the work i had to do to clean it up seemed to be the reason for the problems i was having.
About the same time i started to get killer edges off the stones, my WTG pass seemed to get better, until one day i had the thought that this might be the key. With these fantastic edges, my WTG pass was coming out clean enough that my OCD could live with it, and my skin was never so grateful for it.
So it's been a long journey: more than a year to figure out the whole shaving thing, slightly less time for learning to hone well, one hidden issue with my stropping, a whole whack of cash, and a whole hell of a lot of determination, but it's been worth every drop of blood and every penny.
So, thanks guys, for providing a resource that's been a real boon to me, and thanks to everyone for the good advice and support that I've gotten here. I couldn't have done it with out ya all!
A couple things came together for me, one of them being just racking up the time in front of the mirror to develop my shaving skills, and the other part was getting the absolute best I could with honing my razors.
By a certain point, I'd tried everything i could imagine, feather light strokes, multiple passes, the "Mad Swiss Method of Shaving", but the magic bullet was a super keen edge, and a single pass WTG, and only a small touch-up pass.
I was starting to notice that the shaves in which the first, WTG pass was almost perfect were my least irritating shaves. Any time I had a poor WTG pass, the work i had to do to clean it up seemed to be the reason for the problems i was having.
About the same time i started to get killer edges off the stones, my WTG pass seemed to get better, until one day i had the thought that this might be the key. With these fantastic edges, my WTG pass was coming out clean enough that my OCD could live with it, and my skin was never so grateful for it.
So it's been a long journey: more than a year to figure out the whole shaving thing, slightly less time for learning to hone well, one hidden issue with my stropping, a whole whack of cash, and a whole hell of a lot of determination, but it's been worth every drop of blood and every penny.
So, thanks guys, for providing a resource that's been a real boon to me, and thanks to everyone for the good advice and support that I've gotten here. I couldn't have done it with out ya all!