One of the hardest things about starting a new skill is understanding exactly what you do and don’t know. Finding that piece of awareness that little nugget of knowledge that separates us drowning in the ocean from knowing how to tread water and start heading towards shore can be difficult. Often a coach or mentor …
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Enjoying the smoothness of a traditional wet shave is about more than just your skill with a cut-throat razor. In fact, one of the most important parts of your shave begins once your razor’s sitting back on the shelf. That’s right, we’re talking about your post-shave routine. Below, we’ve put together our ultimate guide on …
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If you find yourself avoiding hard to shave areas, these core tips and tricks will guide you through your shave in no time at all! Not everyone can pull off such dashing good looks as Tom Selleck with his distinguishing ‘stache, or Rasputin with his sculpted beard. For the rest of us mere mortals, we …
Aaron is asked a question about the best way to lather a shaving soap Richard Allison, from the UK, asks: “Hi Aaron, as a recent convert to double edge shaving (and really enjoying it!), I’m interested in trying out shaving soaps instead of creams. I’ve read they are much slicker, which I’d like to experience. …
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Aaron is asked a question about shaving under the chin and ingrowing hairs Marc Johnson, from the UK, asks: “When I shave, I go with the grain and then across and the sometimes against afterwards. However, no matter which combination or sole direction I go, I end up with ingrowing hairs around my chin. When …
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Aaron answers an excellent question about the merits & pitfalls of a three-pass shave Steven Anders, from the UK, asks: “I am new to straight razor shaving and have been using one for about a month now. Having just about gotten used to the closeness of the shave and technique I am confused about the …
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Aaron is asked to provide tips on how to reduce shaving rash around the goatee area after shaving David Prest, from UK, asks: “I have a goatee and when I shape it with my razor I end up with red areas and small red spots around the edges of the beard. I try to be …
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David Mahood, from UK, asks: “I have just found this site. I am a professional person and need to shave once, maybe twice each day. I currently use Mach3 blades and sensitive shaving foam or gel. My problem is that I suffer really bad redness around the mouth and chin which quite often results in …
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Charles Culverwell, from UK, asks: “I have been wet shaving for about four months now. I have a Futur, 38C barber pole, Gillette ‘1964’ superspeed, and an Edwin Jagger DE89. I use Taylor of Old Bond St Shaving Cream. Despite varying the razor and the blade (feathers or derbys usually) I still get irritation at …
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Chris Walker, from Hungry, asks: “Hi there, I was wondering what next to invest in to upgrade my shaving kit? I currently own 2 DE razors (A Merkur 11c and a Muhle 89R) and these are great but I have a very cheap drugstore brush and cream. Which would you recommend buying first? A quality …
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