Hello everybody my name is Jose, and I am new to wet shaving with DE razors. Started a little less than a month ago. I landed on this site when I started to research the different kind of brushes available and what all the brush speak was all about. I hope to learn from everybody here and also pass that along to others in the future. Sorry for the short intro, but these always make me feel like you are in group therapy of some kind Although I can already see even in my short time doing this, that instead of what I wrote above it will be Hello my name is ... and I have too much hardware and software, please help.. fairly soon. Thanks
If I read that correctly I would need to wait a little while longer until I have a few more posts correct?
Welcome to The Shave Den, Jose! No need to wait. You can sign up now. At the end of the month anyone who doesn't meet the requirements to be in the drawing will be removed from the list.
Since you are new to the Double Edge world, here is the advice I received when I started with a DE and so I freely give it to new users. The most important things in shaving are, your skin and technique. All other things fall in line behind those two things and to support them. Since the skin is a given fixed item, the next major item is technique. It is called THE 30 DAY RULE. THE 30 DAY RULE is as follows: Find a razor, then a blade that will not cause issues with your skin (that may take a few different blades in a sampler pack to find a suitable choice or it maybe the first out of the gate) and select a soap or cream that is easy to generate good lather. Once you find those, and it may take a couple of weeks to find this combination, order a quantity of that blade enough for 30 days, and then spend 30 days using nothing else until you build up your technique. (Note that only one brand blade is used for 30 days after each blade in the sampler pack is tested to make the decision on the blade brand to use for 30 days.) The 30 day clock starts when you have the right blade for you. After 30 days, change one and only one variable and work for another week then change another after another week. At that point you should be able to make better decisions because your technique is now in place. This will help you to avoid buying too much gear and stuff too soon without having the technique down to enjoy it all. This really does work. Oh and one more thing ... Welcome to the Den. We know you'll fit right in. So grab yourself a comfy chair, and give our threads a spin! Burma Shave
Jose, welcome to the Den! There are some great people here to chat with. I think you'll like this site.
Yes welcome to the forum. There is an abundance and a wealth of great information here. Happy Happy as Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty says.
Salutations! Since you came here looking for brush info, I'm assuming you found The Brush: Basic Information Everyone Should Know and Back to basics: brush terminology . . . but I'll leave it here just in case. Enjoy your time here!
