joe mcclaine said:
Dr Rick said:
Could be that you are going against the grain on the neck without realising.
Good idea to have a good feel around, work out which way the hair grows and follow that direction when shaving - even if that ends up being in one big circle.
"Beard Mapping".
Actually I'm going against the grain *with* realising - I've been beard mapping and three-pass shaving for as long as I can remember, never occurred to me not to. I've always needed at least one ATG pass on neck and jawline to get a shave I consider acceptably close. I know people advise you not to when you start with DE, but I'm not great at that sort of restraint tbh and I didn't want to be picking up a cartridge to finish the shave every night.
My beard is actually relatively simple - it pretty much grows from my right ear to my left ear everywhere outside my goatee, except for just under the corners of my jaw.
The comment and advice is much appreciated btw, and more advice from all is solicited!
Tonight
Hot shower
TOBS lemon and lime, bowl lathered
New Forest Tubby 2 brush
EJ DE89, Boots blade (1)
KoS balm
Lather even better now, helped even further by rereading Antdad's hard soap thread and lathering a bit longer - this stuff looked exactly right and felt great. New blade definitely felt much smoother and cleaner, and I was almost finished in three passes - just minor touchups needed, where as last night I needed more like four and a half passes. Now I know what blunt feels like, I think, which is a worthwhile learning experience.
Tonight's shave was the best yet in every regard. Extremely clean, totally comfortable, very enjoyable, absolutely no internal fluids released.
I'll carry the EJ through the weekend until it feels like it's blunting again and then probably try the HD - or maybe the slimtwist. Which is likely to be milder, I wonder?
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