As long as you have a smooth comfortable shave,with no post shave irritation then you are OK.I like to have just enough to shave with, so the handle of brush/razor does not get slippy.I've got to improve my technique. The mounds of lather I seen in SOTD photos makes my efforts look futile. I get enough for a nice shave, usually, but nothing compared to the lathermeisters.
You're underestimating capitalism.with no post shave irritation then you are OK...@ post 33.
well if good soap or lather never yields post shave irritation, the whole soap and cream industry must be doing something wrong based on how much after shave lotions and balms are sold.
Ithe thing that needs to be realized, the lather that works on one person, will not always be good for another person.
I used to try to make lather that looked like all the lather shown in videos and daily shave pictures. had bad shaves all the time because of that. Then I read a simple post on how you should make lather for what your face needs, and go with that. Shave is soo much better now.
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Please can you elaborate on what you do differently to the video to get a lather that works better for you
I think you may find that the use of A/S and balms was not all common in the 50/60s, in fact A/S application was probably used only at weekends. More recently the use of such Items has beenwith no post shave irritation then you are OK...@ post 33.
well if good soap or lather never yields post shave irritation, the whole soap and cream industry must be doing something wrong based on how much after shave lotions and balms are sold.
Sorry if you thought im against soaking a brush, always soak a brush. I am against the use of unhygienic practices. Tossing your brush in the sink full of water is SLIGHTLY more hygienic then just tossing it in the toilet bowl.OK, so don't soak brush, don't use a bowl.
The next bit I'm sorry for sounding thick but as I've never tried to make a lather yet, it's videos I'm watching to help me get it right. The thickness in this video is wrong according to you, but you didn't say how, what does yours look like, thicker thinner?
I think you may find that the use of A/S and balms was not all common in the 50/60s, in fact A/S application was probably used only at weekends. More recently the use of such Items has been
promoted by the cosmetic industry, and become a major industry.
These days I use A/S after each shave, but I could quite easily not bother , as I am sure many others could do too.
Poor @finnegan! First @Bezoar tells you one thing, and the second post he nearly takes it back. His second post has merit. You want to soak your brush so it gets warm and collects a bit of water. Different type brushes (i.e. boar, badger, horse, synth) retain water much differently from one another. You're just going to have to watch a few hundred youtube videos until you're ready to climb the walls; then experiment. Ask your forum brothers for specific answers to specific questions. If you ask 'What's the best brush?', you're going to get 4,328 different answers.
Start with a nice cream (they're all pretty much okay) and learn how to lather. I would recommend bowl lathering, but youtube has half-naked, hairy-backed guys hand lathering, too. Get a grip on the philosophy of wet shaving and then dive in. Bezoar didn't mention that you also don't want to soak your brush in hot water because it can have detrimental effects on the glue that holds the knot together.
Have fun with this, and don't be surprised if you find yourself completely befuddled by Bezoar's posts. We all are.
I was trying to compliment your second part of your post. You offered good advice. {Mod Edit - Comment removed}If you would take the time to read the entire first post, I merely stated things I disliked about a shaving video. Then created the SECOND post to correct several bad assumptions from mr Finnegan.
@Bezoar . You shouldn't be offering advice to the good folk on this forum if you don't really know what you're talking about. Should you? This year & this month marks 30 years of shaving with a DE razor for me & most of the time, I soak my brush in the sink. Don't you wash your sink that it's so dirty? I think in the past 30 years I've probably nicked myself three times. And that's only because I was rushing. That's the reason for using a good aftershave, it's an antiseptic. Not that you'll ever have to worry about it though. So your 'sink' theory is rubbish. As for you using 'thin' lather even though you've loaded your brush the way you say you do, all I can say is, you're doing something wrong. You must be getting terrible shaves, no protection & probably not enough slickness.
To compare how I lather with how you do is wrong, I use a brush you don't have, and water you don't have and don't understand how to lather with. I have facial skin you don't have, and facial hair you don't have. Shaving is not a list of generalities that works with say autmobiles.
Meaning, you can say "the grease or oil used to lubricate two specific moving parts in this model of car must meet these two asme specifications". But you cant for shaving. Sure we can say what works for us, and help nudge people into discovering new tweaks for their shave.
As for your claims of 2 or 3 nicks in 30 years of shaving, a person on shave den or badger and blade once said that:
"a person who claims to never get the random nick or cut from shaving, is either growing a beard or using an electric"
That was from a man who restored straight razors and used straight razors solely for over 20 years.
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