What did we learn from our last shaves?

I have a few of those. I use them sparingly lol. Great blades.

 

R41 two days in a row with three passes each is not a good idea.

 

I would agree. When I was using my R41 I could skip a day.

 

Stick with it a while and your technique adjusts. I thought the same thing for a while. Now I've been using it nearly every day all month.

 

I've arrived at the same conclusion over the past month. I may do some touch up work but the third pass has become more of a sign of a problem than a desired outcome. Although I still feel cheated in cutting my shave shorter.

 

Gentlemen, from my last shave...

I learned the stuff in bold italics, see quoted text.

 

Even with 3 passes and perfect BBS?

 

Going to give KAI blades one more try. Last nights shave with then was horrible. ..maybe got a bad blade......

 

I do 3 passes, but no ATG. Not because of irritation, but I have problems with ingrowns and folliculitis.

 

I've heard of that happening - folks reporting of getting a bad blade out of a pack.
Funny, strange, unexplainable, call it what you want, but I've been using DE blades just about every day for almost nine years and I've never come across a bum blade out of a pack of good ones.

 

I learned that flicking water on an unsuspecting cat is more fun that it ought to be...

 

File under - No such thing as too much fun!

 

That it's possible for me to get good lather face-lathering Stirling. Now, if only I knew what I did differently this time. . . .

 

+1 to all the above

 

Tabac soap is still great.

 

That a Gillette single ring with a Voskhod gives a really great shave.

 

....that a badger knot smells like a wet dog for at least two uses....

 

On the 2nd day of my 30-day Rule trying establish good technique...while shaving across my body, I cut myself badly as I focused too much on my line of sight and forgot Rule #1 - no pressure on blade.

To which @Bama Samurai replied: It's pretty awesome to read about new shaver skill progression on a daily basis! And if you don't bleed a little, are you really experimenting? Nice work!

Judging by all the blood, I really experimented a lot today.
So endeth the lesson!

 

I didn't intend any schadenfreude in my reply. Other than the little mishap, it sounded like a good shave day to me.

And on that note...

Gentlemen, from my last shave...

I learned, that on June 1st, I was applying pressure to the razor without thinking about it. I was so intimidated by the memory of a bad OC shave that I was zoned out on angles. June 2 went a little better. And June 2 lather was better than June 1.