I received my Edwin Jagger DE89 this morning and attempted my first DE shave.
I was extremely wary about this "new" technology and the possibility of slashing my face up, but I didn't have this problem - I had a situation where no matter what I did I could not get it to cut. Before anyone asks, I did remember to put the blade in first, an Astra SP, which looks lined up properly and it will shave hair from my arm.
I tried a variety of angles with no joy but didn't want to start applying pressure to try and force it into the skin to cut.
I had to give up and shave using my regular cartridge razor.
My face hair is course, though I can't say I've anything to compare it to what with me not fondling other men's faces so it may be standard. With cartridge razors I had to stick to those with 4 blades or under because the higher blade count carts wouldn't cut at all and glided over my face doing nothing like the safety razor seems to be doing.
Any tips?
I was extremely wary about this "new" technology and the possibility of slashing my face up, but I didn't have this problem - I had a situation where no matter what I did I could not get it to cut. Before anyone asks, I did remember to put the blade in first, an Astra SP, which looks lined up properly and it will shave hair from my arm.
I tried a variety of angles with no joy but didn't want to start applying pressure to try and force it into the skin to cut.
I had to give up and shave using my regular cartridge razor.
My face hair is course, though I can't say I've anything to compare it to what with me not fondling other men's faces so it may be standard. With cartridge razors I had to stick to those with 4 blades or under because the higher blade count carts wouldn't cut at all and glided over my face doing nothing like the safety razor seems to be doing.
Any tips?