What did we learn from our last shaves?

That shaving in the bathtub... May sound weird to some degree to yall, but man when I'm hurting it helps to shave sitting in very hot water. Good steam for the face too.

Flame on gents lol

 

LOL!

 

I take an extremely hot 20 minute Epsom salt bath almost daily. Go with what you know.

 

I love extremely hot baths, it's just itchy as hell getting into it, until your nerve endings are boiled off! I have shaved in the bath before, when I still used cartridges. Did get *good shaves, just impractical to do it all the time.

*well I thought at the time they were good

 

That my Vintage Aristocrat provides a really smooth shave. Twice used Gillette 7oclock green was great.

 

The only embarrassing thing is to not try at all.

 

My son is a baseball pitcher and I send him to a deep tissue massage therapist routinely. His therapist highly recommends him to take an Epsom salts bath following the massage to leach out the bad stuff. My son says it works. If it feels good, do it!

 

If I had a decent bathtub with tray to hold my shaving items and mirror, I would totally take baths and shave in the tub. Why not? Just don't try to make toast.

 

Shaving in the tub sounds great and relaxing. The only thing I wonder about is the stubble in the water sticking to me everywhere.

 

I dunno...I shave daily...bathe weekly...just don't think it'll work for me!

 

That's why showers were invented!

 

I log each shave on an app, it's a copy of my SOTD, with notes. I use it as a reference when I have an issue such as irration, razor burn, etc..
I've noticed a trend in the past 45 days. I've basically stuck with one razor, high quality soaps, razor blades that work for me. Ive been rewarded with excellent shaves.
Here's what I recommend:
Do not introduce two new items in the same shave.
If you don't have time to shave, wait until you do.
Be mindful of the razor pressure
It's ok to use the same razor for an extended period.
Map out your beard

What do you Gents recommend?

 

I could not agree more, especially on the time issue. It's a massive mistake not taking time!
What's the app you're using, interested much!

 

Notes Pro. It was free at the time. Not sure now. I was using Evernote, the nice thing with Evernote was you could include a picture.

 

We ran Evernote on my last business venture. Learned it could be hacked easily and whilst changing, discovered we had indeed been hacked. A lot of damage was caused! Couldn't trust it again.

 

I tried a vintage Gillette Thin blade I received with the first DE I purchased last January. Then I thought I didn't know what I was doing, today I realized that some blades just get old and lose their edge. Mayhaps I ought not try to stockpile blades for the shavepocalypse.

 

I can incorporate my second pass on my neck with my 3rd pass onmy face (ATG).

 

I learned that my wife can pick out a good setup for the shave.

 

From my last shave, I learned that a vintage 53 Gillette Tech is well suited to my technique, and Silver Blues (a fave) work well in it.