Thanks @Aimless1. I get it. I think we both enjoy this back and forth. It's obvious we share passion for the same subject. I took no offense from any of this, and most certainly don't seek to tear down anyone or their methods. I took the challenge to my dogma as legit, well intended, and worthy of debate. If you would like to start a Sun Tzu counter-inspired thread about all the fun within the following statement, I could assuredly jump in and start writing pedantic and dogmatic drivel. "Vehement rejection and criticism of dogma is, in and of itself, a dogmatic expression of a closely held central tenet." (I mean this in fun. I don't support or encourage the idea of hostility, nor infighting. Unless you wanna form a faction dedicated to having no factions or infighting...I would fight for that.) The funny thing about all this is....I completed the 30day rule to gain the requisite technique to make constant product rotation possible. Variety is indeed spice...and ironically with dogma most assuredly leading to whimsy in my case. I own 3 razors that I am going to use in the near term, just ordered 100 Silver Blue Blades, and have decided I am ok with using an Omega 48 forever. I own a couple of other brushes I will surely use and have a limited variety of blades on hand for trial runs. My contribution at this time is to confess again that "My name is Chris and I live with SAD". It's time for this guy to take his dogma for a walk. I hope everyone has a happy and safe weekend.
Al, I mentioned in my Hello post that I learned about technique using a Schick Super II and that was about using the proper angle. When I moved on to the Atra, angle no longer mattered. Most of us that have been shaving for decades did way longer than a 30 Day rule. The options that exist with traditional shaving today just didn't exist. For most of us in the early cartridge days we had the option of a total of 3 blades, Gillette, Schick and Personna if we were lucky. Some stores didn't carry more than one brand. Canned shaving cream offered a few more options but far fewer than we see today. Brushes, soap, tubes of cream, a few were on the shelves but I can't remember of anyone that shaved with a cartridge razor that used them unless they were prior DE users. There wasn't a lot to debate, there were no hidden gems from other countries, basically we shaved because we had to and the only person who thought shaving was exciting or enjoyable was a young boy who ended up with lather on his face while his father shaved. When I give advice to people having problems or new to traditional shaving it is for two reasons, I want them to enjoy the ability to get a better shave than they probably have got in the past and I don't want someone who is willing to make the effort to learn something new end up scarred or requiring plastic surgery. So I press upon technique and that even subtle changes for different razors is still expanding one's technique. Like cooking, nothing is written in stone but certain good habits make the travel more enjoyable.
