FaTip Round Deux
Let me first preface this by saying that my morning shave was rushed...my company is exhibiting at the largest internet trade show, so time was something I had little of, but I felt I had to shave with the FaTip anyway.
Prep was typical. Let brush soak in ice water, washed my face with Noxzema lathering facial cleaner, and took a tepid shower that was more on the cold side.
Built my lather with 10 swirls of the VDH and two pumps of the KMF until it was about the consistent of Greek style yogurt, slapped that on my face, lit up a smoke and went into kitchen to pour another cup of coffee. By the time I returned to bathroom to begin shaving I felt the I had allowed the lather sufficient time to soften the whiskers, so let the shaving begin!
First pass was north to south on face and south to north on neck. After each stroke was a rinse in cold tap water, where I could see an incredible amount of beard reduction. The pass was very smooth, no tugging whatsoever, and really barely felt like I was shaving. I did a cold water rinse and inspected my face before lathering up for pass two. Almost a DFS from first pass. Most men could probably do one pass with this razor, feel that there shave was presentable enough and call it a day.
The second pass went from sideburn area to beard in a southeast/southwest direction on on the face and neck, with a few added j-hooks on the neck. Same as above, I rinse razor in cold water after each stroke and would see visible stubble in the lather as it came off the head of the razor. Cold water rinse, inspected face and felt for areas that needed touch ups.
My face was damn near BBS after the second pass except for three small areas that required minor touch up and buffing. These areas are my trouble spots no matter which razor I use; area directly below the bottom of my beard, one small patch below jawline on left side of face, and almost a mirror affect on the right side, just slightly lower. I lathered just my neck area, did buffing in those spots that required, and a light pass for the rest. Rinsed face in cold water, applied alum, waited for burn and had zero....that is always a good sign.
My cat Stewie was begging for attention so I probably left the alum on for a good 3 minutes, as he would not stop biting at my hand every time I stopped rubbing his belly, Finally I had to pick him up and kick him out of the bathroom so I could finish. Another cold water rinse, gently patted my face dry, and a good splash of the Cool Wave AS....no burn, another good sign.
Inspected face with glasses on....damn, I'm smooth. My face looked and felt fantastic. No weeper, no nicks, no raspberries, none of the horror stories that I have heard about.
This round with the FaTip went MUCH better than the first and I would say it had to do with one thing, blade selection. On the first FaTip I purchased, I used the Astra SP that was shipped with the razor. Although others seem to have some success with them, I rarely do. I should have known to try out one of my go to blades in the FaTip Piccolo before selling her off, but nooooooo, I allowed SERAD to over take my reasoning, and sell off a perfectly great razor.
The verdict? I LOVE this razor. Definitely in my top three choices of DE's. I cannot wait to use her again tomorrow.
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