Best Shave in 35 years for this newbie

I've been shaving since the age of 13 and used a safety razor for the first time three days ago. I can't believe it. It's the greatest shave I've ever had. I woke up two mornings in a row looking forward to shaving. I hope the Shave Den is fun.

 

Welcome to the Shave Den!

 

Welcome, you are just a year or so younger than me, when DEs were being worked out by the Trac II.

Since you are new to the Double Edge world, here is the advice I received when I started with a DE and so I freely give it to new users. The most important things in shaving are, your skin and technique. All other things fall in line behind those two things and to support them. Since the skin is a given fixed item, the next major item is technique. It is called THE 30 DAY RULE.

THE 30 DAY RULE is as follows: Find a razor, then a blade that will not cause issues with your skin (that may take a few different blades in a sampler pack to find a suitable choice or it maybe the first out of the gate) and select a soap or cream that is easy to generate good lather. Once you find those, and it may take a couple of weeks to find this combination, order a quantity of that blade enough for 30 days, and then spend 30 days using nothing else until you build up your technique. (Note that only one brand blade is used for 30 days after each blade in the sampler pack is tested to make the decision on the blade brand to use for 30 days.) The 30 day clock starts when you have the right blade for you.

After 30 days, change one and only one variable and work for another week then change another after another week. At that point you should be able to make better decisions because your technique is now in place.

This will help you to avoid buying too much gear and stuff too soon without having the technique down to enjoy it all.

This really does work.


Oh and one more thing ...


Welcome to the Den.

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Burma Shave

 

Yep you've caught the bug now! Welcome aboard!

 

Sunflake, anyone who has Augustus McCrae as an avatar is OK in my book.

 

Thanks!!! He's a fantastic character for sure! And one of the best westerns of all time! When it comes to old school wet shaving Gus would say "Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago."

 

My favorite of all time. I just watched it for about the millionth time 2 weeks ago.

 

Mine as well.

 

Welcome man nice to have you here.

What kind of razor are you using?

 

Welcome to the Den!

 

Welcome to the shave den.

 

Welcome to the Den

 

Hi! Welcome to the Den.
Be sure to sign up for the December Newbie Give-Away.

 

Welcome amigo, you have little time but check out the December Newbie Give-Away and HURRY! You've got precious few hours to reach the minimum 15 posts to qualify.

 

Welcome sir.

 

I'm using an Edwin Jagger De89lbl with Proraso preshave and Proraso cream. I got a cheap brush to start, an Escali, but it seems to be working just fine. I'm using Derby blades but plan to try out some others. Thanks for the reply.

 

Sounds like a good setup. I use the DE89 and proraso cream too. Can't say I was too fond of the Derby blades but, YMMV. As I have come to find out, a cheap brush does not necessarily mean a bad brush. There are plenty of cheap brushes (under 30 dollars) that people find perform great. You should definitely pick up a blade sampler, sooner than later IMHO. Other than that sit back an enjoy TSD!

 

Welcome to TSD!.

 

Hello and welcome to the TSD family. Congrats on your first great shave, there will be more to come.