Straight Razor Shaving Pre-Shave Routine and Prep Ep1
Channel: Adventures In Wet Shaving
Date: 20/01/2017

The Friday Special Pre-Shave Routine and Prep for Straight Razor Shaving! Should I strop my Straight Razor before I shave? How to strop a Straight Razor. Should I Bloom the Shaving Soap? Wet Shaving 101: Straight Razor Prep, Shaving Tips & Techniques to Improve your shave. Tips on Preparing your beard before shaving. What is the Best Pre-Shave Routine? Do I need to use a Pre-Shave Oil? Is Prep really the most important part of getting a comfortable shave? Do I need to bloom the soap before making a lather? How do I soak my brush before I shave? All of these questions and more are answered in this video!

Using a Gold Dollar 66 Half Hollow Ground Carbon Steel Straight Razor Shave, Shave Of The Day with Stache Soap Works E-BARBER Shaving Soap, 30 Degree Red Latigo Leather Straight Razor Strop, Omega Shaving Brush 10098 Professional Boar Bristle made in Italy, Lucky Tiger After Shave and Face Tonic with Organic Aloe Vera, Calendula & Chamomile, Pinaud Clubman Musk Cologne, and finishing off with Nivea For Men Post Shave Balm for Sensitive Skin.

Eight (8) Steps to Straight Razor Shaving Pre-Shave Routine and Prep:
1. Setup Towels
2. Clean Mineral Oil off of your Razor
3. Stropping your Straight Razor
4. Get Hot Water to Bloom the Soap
5. Soak the Shaving Brush
6. Add a Pre-Shower Oil
7. Take a Hot Shower, Soap up that beard
8. Dry off, but leave your face wet
 
Stache Soap Works
E-BARBER Shave Soap Ingredients:
Stearic acid, Aloe Vera, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Potassium hydroxide (KoH) Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Seed Butter, Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH), Fragrance and Essential Oils, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Sodium Lactate, Camelina Oil, Glycerin, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, JoJoBa Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Tussah Silk, and Fragrance (Notes of Oakmoss, White Pepper, Vanilla, Black Amber, Cedarwood, Bergamot, Basil Leaf, Clove, Nutmeg, White Patchouli, Musk, Saffron, Rose, Patchouli, Vetiver).

In the Next Friday Special Episode we will look at How To Face Lather Shaving Soap Tutorial. See You There!

Beginner's Guide to Straight Razor Shaving, Start to Finish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi0k1alT2bs&list=PL5qfm4t9_yNF4fSnNDAN8pc2S1f3XyDT1

Straight Razor Honing for Beginners on a Budget, Gold Dollar 208 Straight Razor, Lapping Honing Stones, Bevel Setting, Honing, and Stropping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVo-bGNc3VI&list=PL5qfm4t9_yNHrNwPxsyrDnBZcp2mdDjTT

How I Honed a Vintage Straight Razor Setting the Bevel, Honing Through 3k-8k-12k-15k Stones, Finishing by Stropping with Chromium Oxide on Fabric and Leather to Shave Ready:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCaJLv7GZ4I&list=PL5qfm4t9_yNF0ngzO3FCIzcXcHxUmT4or

The Five Things That Nobody Told You About How To Hone A Brand New Gold Dollars 66:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akub1GShaEU&list=PL5qfm4t9_yNEWO4wK9JuL7ypYfG9q5Xb5

Hopefully you found this video was helpful. Please let me know if you have any other Straight Razor questions or Ideas for more Friday Special Videos! I would be Happy to film them and give you a Shout-Out with a Link to Your Channel.

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PRODUCTS USED IN THIS SHAVE
Stache Soap Works E-BARBER Shave Soap
30 Degree 3" Red Latigo Leather Straight Razor Strop
Omega Shaving Brush 10098 Professional Boar Bristle
Howard Butcher Block&Cutting Board Food Grade Mineral Oil