Tried something different today: shaving before I showered. This’d be way more convenient, but I thought it didn’t work out well for me. However it finally occurred to me that was back during a long dark age where I exclusively used the same Merkur/Feather/Williams combo in a somewhat savage and very utilitarian fashion. Thankfully, my knife sharpening guy moved indirectly inspiring me to try a straight razor which lead to a whole collection and a rekindled interest in shaving general.
It went fine. In fact, I was intentionally being a bit conservative yet got a closer shave than I was aiming for, maybe the slight expansion of hydrated skin hides a tad more hair or something? Probably I just do a better job with this razor. I was lucky to find it, almost sold it for more than I’d ever have been willing to pay for it but that kind gentleman wisely asked if I was sure. I wasn’t. I was far happier to have found this than I would have been if that much money just appeared out of the blue.
And in case you wonder, no, I didn’t mute the toe like that, it came that way from the factory. Really. Though just as well I suppose, I don’t find a spike point to be all that relaxing (though interesting now and then) so I probably get more use out of it this way. And at the time they didn’t realise they were making quite the treasured heirloom this became.
Tried something different today: shaving before I showered. This’d be way more convenient, but I thought it didn’t work out well for me. However it finally occurred to me that was back during a long dark age where I exclusively used the same Merkur/Feather/Williams combo in a somewhat savage and very utilitarian fashion. Thankfully, my knife sharpening guy moved indirectly inspiring me to try a straight razor which lead to a whole collection and a rekindled interest in shaving general.
It went fine. In fact, I was intentionally being a bit conservative yet got a closer shave than I was aiming for, maybe the slight expansion of hydrated skin hides a tad more hair or something? Probably I just do a better job with this razor. I was lucky to find it, almost sold it for more than I’d ever have been willing to pay for it but that kind gentleman wisely asked if I was sure. I wasn’t. I was far happier to have found this than I would have been if that much money just appeared out of the blue.
And in case you wonder, no, I didn’t mute the toe like that, it came that way from the factory. Really. Though just as well I suppose, I don’t find a spike point to be all that relaxing (though interesting now and then) so I probably get more use out of it this way. And at the time they didn’t realise they were making quite the treasured heirloom this became.
Great write-up, and great find!