Well this morning arrived- and I decided to use the Muhle R41 'Vampire' I received yesterday. As it happens I'm not working on Monday so I thought if it gets messy I've got a day to recover :s
I started off using my home made pre-shave oil, and whilst that was doing it's job I loaded my brush (a hand made shaving company large bristle brush) with my soap mixture (grated Arko and Palmolive sticks along with the leftovers of a tabac puck pressed into an olive wood soap bowl)
After whipping up a nice lather I painted it on my chops, waited for about 20 seconds and got to work!
I am SO glad I did a lot of research on this razor and how to use it!
The 1st touch on my face got my interest as it were :icon_eek:
With the handle about 70 degs to my face I did the 1st pass- Very good- quite smooth and comfortable.
Anyway- I won't bore you any more, I did a WTG and XTG (in both directions) and summoned my courage to do a ATG.
All were fine- I still had a face and shed no blood!
The blade I used was an Astra SP (removed to be used in another razor as per advice- the Vampire ony likes new blades apparently)
I finished off with a rub of Waitrose 'Simple' moisturiser (very good and cheap)
All in all a good experience.
9 hours later (as I type) my face is still smooth.
so, Tony 1 Vampire 0
I started off using my home made pre-shave oil, and whilst that was doing it's job I loaded my brush (a hand made shaving company large bristle brush) with my soap mixture (grated Arko and Palmolive sticks along with the leftovers of a tabac puck pressed into an olive wood soap bowl)
After whipping up a nice lather I painted it on my chops, waited for about 20 seconds and got to work!
I am SO glad I did a lot of research on this razor and how to use it!
The 1st touch on my face got my interest as it were :icon_eek:
With the handle about 70 degs to my face I did the 1st pass- Very good- quite smooth and comfortable.
Anyway- I won't bore you any more, I did a WTG and XTG (in both directions) and summoned my courage to do a ATG.
All were fine- I still had a face and shed no blood!
The blade I used was an Astra SP (removed to be used in another razor as per advice- the Vampire ony likes new blades apparently)
I finished off with a rub of Waitrose 'Simple' moisturiser (very good and cheap)
All in all a good experience.
9 hours later (as I type) my face is still smooth.
so, Tony 1 Vampire 0