1.8.2018
Pre-shave: hot shower
Brush: Barburys synthetic
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Razor: Magic by Master Barber
Blade: Derby (1)
Post-shave: Dickinson's Original WH, Nivea Men Sensitive Cooling PS Balm, Barbasol Brisk AS
After two days of whisker growth I just did a face shave. I'm continuing with my focus on the shavette. I've been using the Derby Professional SE or 1/2 DE blades which I bought with the shavette. I've been using each blade twice and then starting a new blade. Today I put in a new blade.
I had a memorable shave today,
but not in a good way. It started out well. I followed the advice I rec'd from some of you and lathered up my face in "quarters." I lathered up my right cheek to begin with and concentrated on that cheek entirely. I shaved from north to south on that cheek and moved on to my left cheek. Using my left hand I shaved from north to south and then I moved on to my neck and continued the process. As I was shaving I thought to myself that it's probably good I feel awkward using this razor with my weak hand because it requires me to go very slowly... and as a result I get to enjoy the experience longer. I did my first pass all over and had no problems. I reached for the brush and lather bowl and I considered just doing a clean-up pass on my neck. I then looked at my lather and decided I had enough to do a second pass on my cheeks too. I got over-confident, I think. I lathered up my entire face (except the goatee and mustache), instead of just focusing on the "quarters," intending to do another pass. I tried a ear to nose pass on my left cheek with my weak hand and it seemed all right. On one stroke I noticed I failed to keep the blade parallel briefly and I think I caught my cheek with the corner of the blade... I stopped, looked and didn't see anything. I continued with the shave, moving on to the neck and then the right cheek. While I was focused on the right cheek I saw a small red bubble begin to form, and I had no idea what I did there. Then I noticed blood oozing from a wound on my left cheek and down my face, most likely the spot I thought I nicked with the blade corner. I then noticed three red spots on different locations on my neck. All in all, I had 5 nicks or weepers which bled. I pulled out the Styptic pencil to stop all of the bleeding.
In retrospect, I think I got over-confident. I was in a bit of a hurry today so I wanted to get finished quickly, so I threw caution into the wind. To be on the safe side, I'm going to put in a fresh blade tomorrow. I had some trouble loading this one in today, and it didn't seem a perfect fit at first... so just in case it wasn't just me, I'll use a new one.
Have a great week, my friends!
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