The Hardware:
Muhle R89 - beautifully balanced and not too aggressive, I used the Derby Extra blade that came with it, I thought the blade was fine although
I haven't had a chance to try the Personna's that arrived with it yet.
Edwin Jagger Best Badger Brush.
The software:
Tabac Original Soap.
Nivea ASB
Shaving this way took me back a few years, but it wasn't as scary as I had imagined, you just need to allow time.
With hindsight what I should have done was stopped shaving after the first downwards pass, but you know how it is, you start looking for perfection
and so I continue with upward strokes and then sideways on the lower neck area, which resulted in the faintest of weepers, which was cured
with the styptic pencil.
I rinsed with cold water and applied Nivea ASB which calmed it all down.
Nothing dramatic and certainly not enough to put me off DE shaving, in fact I often had the same problems when using a multi blade razor, so I suspect
any irritation is down to my skin type (sensitive) and my over use of the razor.
Problem areas:
The chin area and lower neck, especially when trying to achieve a smooth finish from the throat area outwards, must work on that.
Muhle R89 - beautifully balanced and not too aggressive, I used the Derby Extra blade that came with it, I thought the blade was fine although
I haven't had a chance to try the Personna's that arrived with it yet.
Edwin Jagger Best Badger Brush.
The software:
Tabac Original Soap.
Nivea ASB
Shaving this way took me back a few years, but it wasn't as scary as I had imagined, you just need to allow time.
With hindsight what I should have done was stopped shaving after the first downwards pass, but you know how it is, you start looking for perfection
and so I continue with upward strokes and then sideways on the lower neck area, which resulted in the faintest of weepers, which was cured
with the styptic pencil.
I rinsed with cold water and applied Nivea ASB which calmed it all down.
Nothing dramatic and certainly not enough to put me off DE shaving, in fact I often had the same problems when using a multi blade razor, so I suspect
any irritation is down to my skin type (sensitive) and my over use of the razor.
Problem areas:
The chin area and lower neck, especially when trying to achieve a smooth finish from the throat area outwards, must work on that.