The Zen of Shaving: How a Double-edge Razor Can Change Your Life

The big picture

1. Improve your health
2. Save $
3. Reduce your environmental impact
4. Improve your well being
5. It’s fun

Beautiful article here

Rediscovering the lost art of the old-fashioned shave

Nice article posted by BlackWing1977.

Wet Shaving is definitely making a comeback, just a matter of time Singapore catches with this long lost art of shaving. Defnitely thrashes any cartridge razors.

Shaving Procedures Ichi Ni San

Contributed by BlackWing1977

Duration : Around 10 ~ 15 mins.

Step 1 – Wash your face clean with your choice of facial cleanser or soap.

Step 2 – Choose your favorite shaving soap/creams, lather up with your favorite brush, usually either badger or boar. You can choose to directly lather up on your face or lather in a bowl then apply with the brush on your face, this is entirely up to you.

Step 3 – Choose your razor, load in a blade if it does not have a blade in it, prepare to shave in 3 passes, With the grain, Across the grain, Against the grain. In between passes, re-apply lather on your face. After 3 passes, check if you have any spot you need to clean up, just apply more lather on the spot and finish it up with some strokes.

Step 4 – Wash your face clean and apply any aftershave of your choice and you are done!!

Recommended shaving gears for newbies

Recommended Shaving Gears

Experimental – Those that want to try Wet Shaving but afraid of the high startup costs

Razor : Feather Popular double edge razor 800-1B / Lord Premium LP.1822
Blade : Croma
Brush : Any Omega Brush / Vulfix 404 Boar & Badger Hybrid / Semogue
Cream : Omega / Tabac or anything from Mustaffa
Aftershave : Your current toner or any Aftershave/ Balm from Mustaffa
Bowl : Daiso
Total Costs : Less than $50

Entry – Those that has confidence that Wet Shaving is the right way
( Strongly suggest this setup to kickstart wet shaving )
Razor : Edwin Jagger DE89 / Merkur HD
Blade : Croma
Brush : Edwin Jagger Medium Best Badger /Any Omega Brush / Vulfix 404 Boar & Badger Hybrid / Semogue
Cream : Omega / Tabac or anything from Mustaffa
Aftershave : Your current toner or any Aftershave/ Balm from Mustaffa
Bowl : Daiso
Razor & Brush : Omega Brush Stands
Total Costs : Less than $100

Advanced – Those who wants finer things in life.
Razor : Muhle R91 / Merkur Progress
Blade : Feather / Permasharp
Brush : Simpsons Commodore / Colonel / Duke
Soap : DR Harris Arlington / Mitchell’s Wool Fat / iColoniali / Martin De Candre
Aftershave : Your current toner or Clinique Post Shaving Balm
Bowl : Scuttle ( optional )

Total Costs :  $200 ~ $300