It seems that the 2 previous posts related to wet shaving and de razor blades got some attention 
That’s very nice if you consider that this blog is less than one month old and I haven’t done anything to promote it.
So now that you are reading this I want to say this first: Thank you for stopping by! Your comments are more than welcome my friend!
My Current Wet Shaving Method
It doesn’t matter which blades and razors you have. It all start here!
Preparing
You must first make sure you face is wet and clean. I use a mild face soap and warm water to clean your face. It also helps to moisten my skin and beard.
I then fill a mug with hot water from my boiler (I use a big mug with 0,5lt-16oz capacity). I soak my silvertip brush in it and then I remove the excess water by shaking it a bit. Now comes sth original. I use this moist hot brush on my face without any shaving cream!!!
I rub it gently on my beard with circular motions. This helps in making my beard even softer (and I really have very strong-tough to shave beard hair). I then dip this brush in my shaving cream (Taylor’s shavng cream - very good price for top quality). I dip it so to that it gets exactly the amount of shaving cream I need.
Another trick is this: I use the lid of my shaving cream as a second “mini shave mug”. I use circular motions with my brush on this lid to build up the foam. I dip the shave brush in the hot water again a bit to catch more water and then I continue building up the foam. You’ll know when it’s right when it is most enough, consistent and has no bubbles.
I use this rich shaving foam on my beard using again circular motions. The bear minimum for spreading the foam is 15 seconds. If I go on for more than one minute my skin gets irritated by the brush (it’s quite funny :-) )
Shaving
I adjust my Merkur Progress to the 3 setting (I currently use Swedish Gillette blades). I dip it in the hot water (which also has some shaving cream inside! ) and then I start shaving from the easier parts (not my neck that is… ). Always try not to use any pressure and keep the razor so that the blade is almost perpendicular to your face. This minimizes skin irritation. If not enough beard hair gets removed I use multiple passes.
After all the easy parts I continue with the more difficult ones like my neck and my mustache. There are some areas which are extra sensitive where I use extra caution and extra low speed…
IMPORTANT
After every shaving stroke (correct word?) I dip the razor in the hot water again. This makes my shaving extremely comfortable!
Finishing
After all this shaving I clean my face with cold water and immediately use an after shave balsam (in which I have added 10 drops of tea tree oil and 10 drops of lavender). I rinse the shaving brush and my razor with hot water from the shaving mug and then some warm water, and then I put them on their stand to air dry.
Your comments please!
I hope I helped you with my shaving method. It took me a while to perfect… Please send me your comments by clicking on the comments link of this post. Do you have any tips you would like to share?
