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Glad you found it decent despite the weepers and nicks. Often it's shaving mileage which will give you the feel for it. I second the voices of others that excessive pressure and potentially an incorrect angle played their parts with your shave.Here is the result :
Decent shave, quite a few weepers, and two nicks. I've seen worse but I have seen a lot better. The blade felt rough. I found myself taking long strokes at times. It is difficult to get the right angle. My cheeks are BBS. The problems are on my neck, under my nose, on my chin, and around my lips. I've done three passes and too many touch ups. That is when I've nicked myself.
If this was a mild razor, I don't even want to be near an aggressive one. I will email Edwin Jagger and see if they will help.
I've also received today 6 samples of creams and soaps. They are a little bit of a disappointment smell wise compared to the Windsor. I guess I need to try more.
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Here is the result :
Decent shave, quite a few weepers, and two nicks. I've seen worse but I have seen a lot better. The blade felt rough. I found myself taking long strokes at times. It is difficult to get the right angle. My cheeks are BBS. The problems are on my neck, under my nose, on my chin, and around my lips. I've done three passes and too many touch ups. That is when I've nicked myself.
If this was a mild razor, I don't even want to be near an aggressive one. I will email Edwin Jagger and see if they will help.
I've also received today 6 samples of creams and soaps. They are a little bit of a disappointment smell wise compared to the Windsor. I guess I need to try more.
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Good advise about walking away. Even very experienced shavers cannot achieve BBS results every shave. What you should be aiming for is a DFS (Damn fine shave) that will be good enough for all but the most obsessive shavers. Get a good two pass shave and put the razor away and as your technique improves so will the shaves until you are getting shaves as good as any of us on here. It will happen in time.I am pretty much where you are right now and have the same problem areas more or less. I also do too many touch ups when I feel I haven't had a great shave and this is often when I nick myself or create burn so I have been cutting that down and am finding that my neck especially is getting better with practice. I get no more burn and less nicks too. I slow it down around my lips to remove the fear of a cut and that is working too. Sometimes walking away with a lesser shave is the better part of valour.....live to shave another day [emoji57]
Maybe when we are trying different blades we also have to accept that some won't be as good as others until we find the ones that work for us and not keep going because one wasn't as good as another.
Oh, You will love the Edwin Jagger when it finally turns up too [emoji106]
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Good advise about walking away. Even very experienced shavers cannot achieve BBS results every shave. What you should be aiming for is a DFS (Damn fine shave) that will be good enough for all but the most obsessive shavers. Get a good two pass shave and put the razor away and as your technique improves so will the shaves until you are getting shaves as good as any of us on here. It will happen in time.
Good choice with the Haslinger. It's thirsty but slick and gives great protection.In this case I guess I was lucky. My nicks were minor. I didn't have to to anything to stop the bleeding. A little bit of pink lather on the razor, but that was it. I will have another go at it tonight. I will change the soap though, because I really want to try Haslinger.
Cheers!
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For stainless blades, I usually find that a thorough rinse under a running tap is enough, but some razors are easier to rinse than others. If I want to clean a blade that is gummed up with soap or cleaning a carbon blade I use rubbing alcohol, I steal some of those cotton makeup cleaning pads from the ladies of the house to do this.Very nice soap! Beautiful lather and smell!
I've concentrated a lot more on angle and pressure. I think I got the angle right, but not the pressure. Two passes and a few touch ups. I wanted to ditch the touch ups, but it looked like a very slopy shave. No nicks this time, but still lots of weepers. Windsor milk stang a bit.
Nowhere near DGS.
Not sure if I should give the Astra SP a third try or swap it for a milder blade. It did not rough as last time.
How do you guys clean the blades after use?
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Lots of weepers sounds like too much pressure. Try a less steep angle. The Astra SP is a good blade which should cut through the stubble easily and smoothly so stay with it. If lather is not rinsing easily it is too dry. Don't try ATG until you are getting comfortable shaves.I think I got the angle right, but not the pressure. Two passes and a few touch ups. I wanted to ditch the touch ups, but it looked like a very slopy shave. No nicks this time, but still lots of weepers. Windsor milk stang a bit.
Nowhere near DGS.
Not sure if I should give the Astra SP a third try or swap it for a milder blade. It did not rough as last time.
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