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Excellent narrative Gordy,... Inexperience is something that bites you in the arse, or in your case, the chin, I've had a few shavette experiences, which ended up in a blood bath but, yes I carried on, i prefer my humble de razors for my shaves, purely because its a much pleasurable experience, and I don't have to worry as much about another face slashing, I honour people who are straight razor shavers, that's a proper art to me, but something I known I couldn't master for enjoyment, which tradition DE wet shaving has giving me, but each to their own. Regards. BMonday 22nd October PM
Pre-shave:- Cool rinse, Nivea Sensitive Face Wash then Proraso White Pre Shave cream
Brush:- The Executive Shaving Company Medium Jock Synthetic
Soap/Cream:- Wickhams Buddha Wood soap
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6c (R3)/Gillette 7 O'clock green (3)
Post-shave:- Thayers Witch Hazel Cucumber followed by Nivea 2 Phase.
Okay....some may see from the picture that the razor isn't a Rockwell 6c! I was loaned a straight and thought I'd try it out tonight.
All my usual prep and off I went WTG. My cheek was no problem but as soon as I started my chin....bang....a good dig in. One of those ones when you step back and wait....wait....then whisper FFS as the red starts to flow. Knowing that if I continued this would be a blood bath, I placed the straight to one side and got out my Rockwell 6c. The blood gradually stopped and my shave actually turned out really good.
A nice 3 pass shave with again no need for pickups. Really smooth and fresh.
After a good cold rinse the blood stopped and the splash of Nivea 2 Phase didn't sting at all! Surprisingly!
A nice pleasant shave other than the mishap with the straight. I'll get over the shock of the blood loss soon and give it another go. Totally my inexperience and worth another go. If at first you don't succeed and all that.
Have a great night folks!
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