It is enjoyable isn't it? Something about the concentration it takes when you lay a blade like that to your face. It is very relaxing. I am getting enough shaves under my belt that muscle memory is starting to help me out, and it is becoming sort of automatic, but it still requires focus I never had to give to a DE. I like that.
Well actually, I thought you would appreciate a heartfelt, thoughtful comment more than an Apple Emoji. I guess it turned out kind of like the Christmas I gave my mom a little side table I built when I was in eighth grade. She told me it was fine and all, but that I could have saved the effort and just got her a carton of smokes like I did the year before......
We are on the exact same page of the same edition of the same book. There is something pleasingly cathartic about using a straight.
Razor: Ever-Ready SE 1914 Blade: GEM Personna (4) Brush: Shavemac ATG LE The Nisky Silvertip Fan Soap: Route 66 Bourbon Jungle Aftershave: Route 66 Bourbon Jungle Balm
March 22 (Wednesday ) - SE focus -- ok so it's an injector not a Gem, so sue me... Schick E2 / Schick Chromium ( 5) Muhle silvertip synthetic Proraso White soap Used my Schick E2 injector for the first time in quite awhile. It felt incredibly small and nimble after using the Gem SEs for three weeks. Very relaxing too. Good prep + good skin stretching + light pressure = one pass DFS with no bites. Didn't bother with any postshave products.
I really enjoy using a straight. I think that there is an elegant pageantry associated with a straight razors shave. The focus required to prepare the razor, the stropping, the soap and lather, the careful scraping of the lather off the face several times, and the finish with the aftershave, all combine to make what used to be a chore into something that makes me calm and soothes me to get me ready for the day. The chance of screwing up and having everyone ask me what happened to my face for a few days is just a bonus.
The only conversation I have ever had about shaving with anyone other than my wife or son. So I guess it gives me a chance to share my hobby.
I hear people talk about how they "converted" people to wet shaving. Nobody who knows me seems remotely interested in having their face look like mine did.
