New wet shaver using an old Gillette razor

Hi all!

Below are the items I acquired to begin my wet shaving experience. I bought a blade sample set, as well, in order to decide what type is best for me. My first two shaves were awesome, and I look forward to many more.

 

Since you are new to Traditional Shaving and 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.


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Burma Shave

 

Nice set. Welcome.

 

Welcome, nice to have you here. That is a fine set up you have there.

 

Good gear. Enjoy your stay.

 

Nice gear you have! Happy Shaving..

 

Welcome, nice tools

 

Welcome Glaswegian!!

An excellent picture.

Any burning with the Lucky Tiger AS?

Man, the OC razor is absolutely fantastic!

Welcome!

 

Hi Glaswegian and welcome to TSD! Happy Shavings!

 

Welcome to TSD!

 

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

 

You're off to a great start! Nice gear!

 

Wow, great set up. Welcome to TSD.

 

Gillette NEW's are awesome. Welcome and nice Omega as well. Which model?

 

Thanks, everyone for the compliments and very warm welcome! I can tell I'm going to like it here.

Bristle Me: there is no burning at all from the Lucky Tiger aftershave, as it does not contain alcohol.

BudWhite: the brush is an Omega #46186 Artificial Badger. I haven't used a real Badger or Boar brush to compare(obviously), but my Omega easily whipped up plenty of lather and felt fantastic when applying the lather on my face. No hairs came out, and there was no smell to deal with.....as a newbie, it was a great experience and I'm very pleased with my choice.

 

Nice. I really dig the handle on that and I've been looking to try out a synthetic.

 

to TSD "Glaswegian".....I hope you enjoy it here.......

 

Welcome, very nice setup.
You'll find the older Gillette's give great shaves. My favorites are the WW1 and before '04's.

 

Welcome to TSD!