Needed more product and more patience building the lather, and don't try a new soap when your in a hurry. A quick dab of cream sent the uber rescue.
Learned that I enjoy this ritual more each and every time. I enjoy the satisfying result of a fine shave. I appreciate the quality, solid materials and precision that makes up my razors (especially the vintage ones). I find that every time I use a Rapira Platinum Lux blade, the shave gets better! Life is good!
King's Super-Speed wonder works just fine even if I'm still asleep. Oh, yeah...and Screamo Cream works ok but stinks.
Gentlemen, From my last shave... I learned that Alabama water lathers soap easier than my usual Colorado water supply.
i learned not to stray away from your other razors to long, i myself forgot how they shave and in result didn't have the best shave in recent memory. My Merkur Futur spoiled me to much!
This year I am using one razor a week. I started with injectors in January and am doing DE in February. Today, I picked up the Schick Krona for this week. What a wonderful shave it provided. Just finished a week with the 37c which was good, but the Krona was wonderful. Nice long handle with a great feel. March will be Gem month.
On most of my shaves I'll usually shave against the grain on my neck, usually doing two passes just to get a really close shave. When using my RRSS I can get away with it without any irration. Well today I went with a standard 3 pass shave. And boy was I pleasantly surprised! DFS with zero irration, smooth and much faster.
I learned not to skimp on the lather for the second pass... Add more soap/cream to the brush if needed! As much as I'd like to shave tomorrow morning, I may wait another day and let my neck recoup.
That I should probably go one-and-done with every blade, all the time. Combining the fact that I am a head and face shaver with really coarse hair who favors a steep angle, I tend to go through blades rather quickly. I also have a secondary reason, as I struggle with folliculitis. My first 3 or 4 months of DE shaving, I tried to power through 2-3 shaves with each blade, as I assumed the problem was always technique. Now I'm 8 months in, and I've noticed over the past month or so that my shaves are always noticeably better on the first use of a blade, regardless of blade type and razor (all in the same Fatboy that I have been using all month). Coincidence?
That's an interesting observation as I've never used one in an adjustable. I usually go 3 and out in any of my razors with them but can go 4 if necessary. The added blade exposure on the adjustable probably wears them quicker.
The Super Max SP seems to be demonstrating that my problem with platinum blades isn't the platinum...it's the manufacturer. Super Max and Rapira platinums are great blades for me, the Gillette versions definitely not.
I learned with the exception of a gillette senator my open comb razors seem (new and old type) to be as mild as my safety bar razors.
When searching for a new blade, make sure that they are all wrapped. Maybe I ought to organize them into little plastic bags.