Hi all!
I had my first DE shave 2 days ago with my new 6S. I wasn't impressed, which is to be expected as I was probably doing it totally wrong. My soaps hadn't arrived yet so I used the little tube that comes with the razor. I don't think I lathered it up anywhere near enough.
Now I have a totally rookie question about the 6S plates... which way do they face? Looking at the 1/3 plate for example, my first shave had the number 3 facing up (1 was pointing down towards the handle). I assumed this was the 3 setting, which by all accounts seems to be the recommended place to start. The shave was very inconsistent and left a fair bit of hair on my face in places, even after a couple of WTG/XTG passes. Possibly due to the sub-par lathering. Then I flipped the plate this morning out of curiosity, and I swear the 1 facing up seems to have a larger gap between the plate and blade than the 3 facing up. I then had a look at the 2/4 and it appears to be the same. Did I shave the other day on the 1 setting?
Am I doing it wrong? My Stirling soap samples arrived yesterday so I'm having another shave this afternoon and want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.
I had my first DE shave 2 days ago with my new 6S. I wasn't impressed, which is to be expected as I was probably doing it totally wrong. My soaps hadn't arrived yet so I used the little tube that comes with the razor. I don't think I lathered it up anywhere near enough.
Now I have a totally rookie question about the 6S plates... which way do they face? Looking at the 1/3 plate for example, my first shave had the number 3 facing up (1 was pointing down towards the handle). I assumed this was the 3 setting, which by all accounts seems to be the recommended place to start. The shave was very inconsistent and left a fair bit of hair on my face in places, even after a couple of WTG/XTG passes. Possibly due to the sub-par lathering. Then I flipped the plate this morning out of curiosity, and I swear the 1 facing up seems to have a larger gap between the plate and blade than the 3 facing up. I then had a look at the 2/4 and it appears to be the same. Did I shave the other day on the 1 setting?
Am I doing it wrong? My Stirling soap samples arrived yesterday so I'm having another shave this afternoon and want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.