Prosthetic Conscience

Second really good DE shave

Today I got my second really good shave with my double-edged razor. Baby’s Butt Smooth with absolutely no irritation. Surprisingly, it was with a Dorco blade that yesterday (when it was new), I thought was simply too dull, because it pulled rather than cut when I was starting with it.

Factors that came together for a better shave today:

1. More prep. I had time to soak in the bath this morning, and to condition my beard with hair conditioner.
2. Changed passes. I added an XTG pass back in before my ATG pass, because I decided that I was trying the ATG pass before enough stubble had been removed.
3. Blade angle. After looking at this thread and this thread on Badger and Blade, I decided that dialing down on my Fat Boy was not the way to go, and that to improve my technique in terms of blade angle, I would be better served by using only a low setting on my razor, for all passes. I used setting 2 for all four passes, and setting 1 for final clean-up. I would have used 1, but I think the razor has been dropped and slightly bent, so that the two ends of the razor do not maintain the same gap between the guide and the blade, and because of this, 2 is closer to the ideal described in the thread above.

I hope in time that this will become repeatable.

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