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- Sources of common beginner problems
- Prep Technique for Soaps
- Hot Towel is Crucial....
- Glycerin Brush Soak
- Mantics Tutorial Videos
- Cold Water Shave
- NO BOWL!
- Does speed matter?
- Avoiding the "Over-Shave"
- practicing what I preach
- Dry Skin/Cold Weather Help -->
- Tip for Lathering on the Face
- Most important technique?
- Shaving Head, First time ..
- A New Approach to Application of Alcohol-Based Aftershaves
- Bleeders & Aftershave Routine
- Trying out something new w/ creams from a tub
- 1000th Post - A Summary
- Using Shave Sticks
- Mantics Great Advice
- Interesting prep
- One pass shave
- Exercise and Shaving
- Barber Textbook - straight razor use
- Str8 State of crisis (kinda)
- Your Beard Pattern
- Spotty!
- How Do You relather when...
- Irriation under the chin
- Shaving too much?
- Skin irritation after shaving
- Rub lather in your face
- Blade "skipping"
- Preshaves
- First shave with straight
- First DE Shave
- Me first bloody DE shave!!
- Still scraping...
- Eliminating the Variables
- Crystals... and me....
- Chin and Neck Problems
- Pre/Post Shave
- How many times do you get BBS?
- Trouble picking a blade
- Alcohol based aftershave and Straight Razors.
- How does your face feel...
- Skipping the North to South Pass
- How do you heal up?
- A Pressured SHave
- Shaving Mirror
- My Str8 H8s M3
- Problems in Lather Land
- 99% Smoooooooth
- Another Techique
- Hone Breakthrough
- No Videos For A While
- multiple razors in the SoS of the day
- Help with the neck
- Sad Conclusion
- 1000th post -- a few observations
- Standardized Textbook of Barbering
- SWMBO said "Thats your smoothest shave ever"
- Soaps for Str8 shavers?
- Advice from G.B. Kent
- Neck problems
- New to DE Shaving- Please help
- Bump/Ingrown Hair Help
- Beginners Guide
- Hello. Me New Guy.
- Advice?
- Ultimate Shave : Pass for Pass
- Whats Acceptable ?
- Shaving In The Shower
- Hey, lighten up already
- The leftovers on the brush
- first
- Thought my shaves were great until.....
- Interested in wet shaving
- Still not getting a close shave
- Ban Marie?
- ?
- A question
- first str8 shave = Blood bath
- Hey All
- Beard prep/scrub ?
- Soap lathering question
- Mid-shave stropping - discuss
- Re-learning what I already knew
- Superlather ?
- for future reference
- DE tips for perfectly smooth shave needed
- Problems on neck
- Would like to improve technique
- Poll: Use both hands with a straight?
- Shave vids
- post-shave process
- Face Wash - More important than I thought
- Welcome to the Shave School!
- Yet another neck question.
- Witch Hazel ?
- grain question.
- Holy Cow that was a good shave!
- How to hold the brush?
- Lesson Learned
- Talcum powder, cornstarch powder
- Am I supposed to flip my blades?
- How to make whiskers stand up?
- Hittin' that spot
- Face lathering
- BBS Shave
- New here, quick question
- Technique For Sensitive Neck??
- Difference in stropping methods
- Razor Aggressiveness
- Quick thought on lather
- Ingrowing hair
- Whisker Stretching?
- Best first razor?
- Total "virgin" Shaver
- What's the next step?
- Picking out some blades
- Bad Shave - Merkur Long Classic
- Posting a question
- How Much Stubble Is Required To Shave?
- Howdy
- Lathering tips?
- This Can't Be A Good Idea
- New to Single Blade Shaving
- Finished the WCS sampler a couple days ago...
- Wow...My very first DE shave was...
- What a difference a good blade makes!
- WCS Economy Sampler Pack
- Bermuda Triangle Spots
- Stubble Problem On Neck
- I am a wetshaver!
- Breakthrough!!!
- First SE Shave
- Pre Shave Prep
- Citrus Shaving Soaps And Creams
- How Do You Know?
- How Long Do You Lather??
- Shaving grain
- Lathering Vessels
- Does Your Beard Soften As Your Shave Progresses?
- Shoot your grain!
- Increased razor burn
- revisiting my lathering technique
- my current routine
- Good shaver gone bad?
- Help with Problem Area
- ATG means blood!
- Derby Blades have numbers, why?
- Brush Priming?
- What am I doing wrong
- I learned a lesson last night
- Yeah Yeah...Prep...blah blah
- Best Shave Yet
- well went from pain to gain in 1 day!!!
- Problem area
- What is a Good Post Shave Routine?
- Shaving With The Grain
- Coming in from the goo... now what?
- OK, I did it wrong, help with the aftermath?
- Massage oil as preshave beard prep.
- Lessons learned so far
- Alum - Before or after cold water rinse?
- Face Lathering Poll
- Slow and Steady!
- I don't understand how you use both sides of a blade
- How do I know to change a blade?
- Peroxide???
- I almost did a bad thing..
- New kid on the alum block!!
- Face Lathering
- Rolls-stropping your DE blades 101....
- Blade usage
- How many passes do you do
- When do you shave?
- From Merkur to Derby
- Foamy Face?
- Making Smaller Batches of Lather
- Buying a razor from a member
- First Blade Sampler Pack...How did you pick which blade to use?
- Adjustable or fixed?
- First Strop
- Short strokes
- A pre-shave lather? Any reason for it?
- Default Mustache and Goatee area - need tips from pros
- The "Upside Down" Lathering Trick!
- First try w/ Derby: skip skip skip
- Technique improving, and so is my collection
- Hot Towel Post Shave
- Lather on the road
- Another Lathering Question
- Can a face lather be too thick?
- Bullfrogging - Thank You Blue Monkey
- Advice from other newbies?
- Shaving on the cheap in a floundering economy
- Razor sticking to my face? -noob
- What am i doing wrong!
- Man-Child Questions From Mom
- ambidexterity
- Young Padawan's First Shave
- This might be a stupid question
- what is the best method in wet shaving?
- Third straight-razor shave
- Just tried a Feather blade...
- greenish face
- Blades and Cream
- New to wet shaving, here's my story
- How Much Skin Stretching
- How Much Resistance Do You Gentlemen Get?
- Soaps and Creams
- Trumper Shave Soap
- DE Skin Stretching
- Hot Water
- Multi-Pass Irritation?
- Irritation
- The Alum Block
- An experiment with positive results so far
- What is the most lubricating cream?
- Stopping the blood
- Skin drying out?
- Help with my problem areas
- Tips from a professional shave
- Some lessons I have learned since starting DE shaving
- Newbie looking for suggestions or encouragement
- Feather blades great, but not for final touch up
- My bloody Sunday
- Oil Pass
- Cartridge vs. Safety Razor
- Questions about soap/cream...
- My first DE shave
- My first DE Shave (in 18 years)
- shaving the neck ( with a east-west growth)
- olive oil pre-shave trial
- Honeybee Facial Soap -Great for Pre-shave
- Here's the deal:
- abbreviations, is there a list?
- Where to lather
- Astra Blades: Do you get the occasional bad one?
- How long do you let the lather sit on your face....
- Old Dog here.................
- First DE Shave
- Bowl or scuttle
- Wet Shaving, 2 months later
- Eureka!!!!!!
- Dr. Fitness is still feeling raw on the neck
- Irritation, Irritation, Irritation...
- Dominant Hand Across the Face?
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