"Do you remember the first time?"
My First Straight Razor Shave.
Prep: Hot shower and L'Oreal charcoal face wash
Pre: king of shaves pre shave oil and hot towel
Razors: Drew Dick 6/8 custom and Blackbird with OC base plate.
Razor blade: Polsilver (2)
Brush: shavemac snowman 2 Band silvertip
Cream: Castle Forbes Lavender
Post: Thayers witch hazel and Myrsol Emulsion
This was my first time using a Straight Razor and to quote some philosopher (I forget his name) it was "a piece of piss"
. Only joking.
Joking aside, it went really well. I only went WTG and didn't do a full shave, just my cheeks and below the jaw line.
The razor was a bit tuggy. I'm not sure whether it was my technique or it needed stropping before hand. I would have thought it should have been sharp enough coming straight Drew, but I'll see next time I use it.
I did strop it afterwards though.
I wasn't blown away with the Castle Forbes cream. The performance was OK but I found it lacking in protection and slickness.
First time using the Blackbird with the OC base plate. I preferred it to the SB plate but I found the teeth to be very sharp and uncomfortable to use. It did give me a close shave though.
I'm afraid it will have to go back to Shane to be polished and to take the sharp edges off.
Although the shave was a mixed bag I finished feeling (smooth) invigorated and excited to use the SR again.
Sorry for the long post.
Cheers
Rob