What advise would you have liked to known at the start?

[Supermangs]

Well said.

Definitely stick with what you have for circa 3 months before jigging about soap, brush & razor choices. I often travel & always found that my best shaves happened toward the back end of the week using the same setup consecutively.

Very sound advice. I have tried to follow this recently, using the same razor for a week at a time, and trying my best to stick with a soap for at least three days running. It definitely makes a difference.

I'm easily distracted though - "Oooh, maybe I feel like this soap or that soap or this soap or that soap today".

The irony of this for just about everyone on this forum is that we keep on buying more and more in search of better shaves, when if we all stripped it back to one razor, one blade, one soap, one brush, we'd probably find what we're looking for.

 

[pimple8]

Very sound advice. I have tried to follow this recently, using the same razor for a week at a time, and trying my best to stick with a soap for at least three days running. It definitely makes a difference.

I'm easily distracted though - "Oooh, maybe I feel like this soap or that soap or this soap or that soap today".

The irony of this for just about everyone on this forum is that we keep on buying more and more in search of better shaves, when if we all stripped it back to one razor, one blade, one soap, one brush, we'd probably find what we're looking for.

I used a Proraso only for 6 months. It worked pretty well for me.
Then I discovered the forums

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[riverrun]

• Map your face!
• Learn your beard growth
• With the grain first. Always.
• No pressure
• NO PRESSURE !!
• London water - use more soap - a lot more soap
• Nivea Sensitive ASB is evil
• If in doubt - ride the cap
• Look into those SE razors

Everything else depends...

 

[Mbarn]

Really ref Nivea ASB? I'm not a massive fan, just wondering why?


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[riverrun]

Really ref Nivea ASB? I'm not a massive fan, just wondering why?

I used Nivea Sensitive ASB a lot and "despite" using it, I always got a rash after shaving.
The question was "what advice would you like to to have had"... and I wish someone had told me that Nivea sensitive ASB is the only substance known to shavekind that reliably gives me a rash.

 

[Mbarn]

I used Nivea Sensitive ASB a lot and "despite" using it always got a rash after shaving.
The question was "what advice would you like to to have had"... and I wish someone had told me that Nivea sensitive ASB is the only substance known to shavekind that reliably gives me a rash.

Seems about right. Nivea ASB is the only Nivea product not to irritate me.



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[Rohleder]

Likewise, horrid stuff... Thankfully I threw it away after half a dozen uses (Nivea.)

My answer to the OP's question: If weak willed stay away from forums

 

[riverrun]

Likewise, horrid stuff... Thankfully I threw it away after half a dozen uses (Nivea.)

The empty bottle is nicely opaque and I use it to decant some Cella Colonia Classica into it... Best I can say about it

 

[Ferry-shave]

For me:

1. Forget everything you learned when cartridge shaving!
   
2. Watch YouTube videos.
3. Its all about reducing the stubble, one pass at a time.
   
4. No pressure, no pressure, no pressure.
   
5. Angle.

 

[Blackmass]

Cut up your credit cards. Joking aside, cut up your credit cards, you can thank me later.

 

[wayne_m]

Don't rush to buy new SS razors they will appear on the BST section of forums sooner or later and save you a fortune

 

[Goatywoaty]

Haha to echo what others have said, if you don't want to empty your wallet then unsubscribe from this forum as a priority!

 

[StephenShave]

Maybe try a variety pack before you buy 100!

Great advice, as my 97 Derby blades will testify to...

 

[Batch300]

Cartridge shavers should start with a longer handle razor (matches the normal cartridge handle). However, the good news was I sold the XL razor on eBay for a nice profit.

 

[VerbaVolant]

Buy only a year's worth of soaps/creams.

 

[Scotshave]

Forget badger hair. Invest in a synthetic or two. Consider the advice of everyone in the forums. And...YMMV!