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Greeting wise forum members,
For the best part of 15 years or so my fat cheeks and tiny chin were buried beneath a beard before I had enough of the beard - the lure of soup and humous was too much and I ventured into unchartered territory, life with a bald face.
I used a combination of multi blade razors and disposables but a disdain of luminous synthetic nose burning shaving gel lead to picking up a stick of Palmolive soap, a Wilkinson brush and a Wilkinson Classic DE from a high street chemist formed the basis of my early stages of wet shaving.
The Wilkinson Brush fell apart after 7-9 months of use - the duration I have been wet shaving, and I only recently replaced it with a Omega boar and the ghastly nature of the Wilkinson Brush came apparent and I really question why it took so long to buy another brush as shortly after starting DE shaving I began to pick up a number of many other shaving goods since starting including
- Futur clone, MIC Tech clones
- 100 packs of Nacet, Perma Sharp, Astra & Voskhod
- 10 or so different soaps
My first months of DE shaving were often frustrating, bloody and occasionally pleasurable but I am pleased I persevered with it as an itchy face, ingrown hairs and bad facial skin are a distance memory and the multitude of different options make shaving a lot more interesting to the homogenous experience I had for a long time (disposables & gel - one of each).
I'm sure I will learn a great deal here and I hope I will be able to contribute something positive at some point!
For the best part of 15 years or so my fat cheeks and tiny chin were buried beneath a beard before I had enough of the beard - the lure of soup and humous was too much and I ventured into unchartered territory, life with a bald face.
I used a combination of multi blade razors and disposables but a disdain of luminous synthetic nose burning shaving gel lead to picking up a stick of Palmolive soap, a Wilkinson brush and a Wilkinson Classic DE from a high street chemist formed the basis of my early stages of wet shaving.
The Wilkinson Brush fell apart after 7-9 months of use - the duration I have been wet shaving, and I only recently replaced it with a Omega boar and the ghastly nature of the Wilkinson Brush came apparent and I really question why it took so long to buy another brush as shortly after starting DE shaving I began to pick up a number of many other shaving goods since starting including
- Futur clone, MIC Tech clones
- 100 packs of Nacet, Perma Sharp, Astra & Voskhod
- 10 or so different soaps
My first months of DE shaving were often frustrating, bloody and occasionally pleasurable but I am pleased I persevered with it as an itchy face, ingrown hairs and bad facial skin are a distance memory and the multitude of different options make shaving a lot more interesting to the homogenous experience I had for a long time (disposables & gel - one of each).
I'm sure I will learn a great deal here and I hope I will be able to contribute something positive at some point!