Shaving Saga - Trying Blades

Since we're all different.. I though trying a new kind of blades..

the BIC blades:



They're look sharper than the wilkinson's. Unfortunatelly, they haven't the same longevity, so on the second day shaving I could notice it ....

Shaving Saga - My first Double Edge Razor

I got to try this new way to shave, so I searched about this kind of razor in several stores.

Unfortunately I wasn't something easy to find... Is much more easier to get a (in)famous Mach 3 /Fusin than this kind of simple tool...

But I just could find it in a local store. Its's not so elegant as I imagine... Somehow I always imagine something heavy with more adjustable options. Instead I got this "Wilkinson Sword Classic Double Edge Razor" for 4.50 Euros with 5 blades.






And it includes a set of 10 "Wilkinson Sword" blades



A lot cheaper than I expected to spent!

The First Shave

I already had the brush and the shaving cream, so I start to make the lather.
I inserted the blade into the razor and turned the knob completely.

Then I start shaving.
I wasn't unconfortable... and after the first shave (within the grain), I started a second shave, now perpendicular to the grain, After this I didn't felt confidence to shave agains't the grain... After all, I think already made a huge step just for doing this far!

Conclusions

I didn't get the shave I expected.... Is far from a close shave, but I just couldn't get the blade on my face anymore, because I should rest my skin for another day ....

I noticed I could get a closer shave just by not closing the blade completely, and leaving the blade exposed.

Shaving Saga - Learning about Lather

I just watched on youtube a video explaining something that nobody ever explain to me: the importance of a good lather in the process of shaving.

I never cared much about this....
When I was a teenager, I didn't had much hair on my face, and shaving with hot water was enough to make an excelent close shave. At those days, lather was optional, but I was always invited to use it as it makes part of the process of shaving.

Today, my face skin is thin and my face's hair is middle/tough, so lather isn't optional anymore.

What people won't tell you about the good Lather

Today, everyone have seen those old brushes and bowls at some stores among the pen holders and other stuff, and most people won't even consider to use those stuff in our days.

We live in the time of the "instant foam cream" and the "shaving gel" and we just don't care about this old stuff.


My impressions

My razor is a gillette mach 3 turbo, and I used a gillette contour shaving cream, a brush and an ordinary bowl from the kitchen.



I takes me some minutes to make the perfect lather, because I just wasn't sure about when is it good enough! I start considering it is good enough when the brush can absorve the lather completely just by passing it by. After this, while passing the cream on my face, I can see the shape of the brush drawed in my face.



I must tell I felt some difference. The blade runs much easier on my face, and I start considering to start shaving with one of those old shaves from the middle of the XX century