Leisureguy's Guide to Gourmet Shaving: Shaving Made Enjoyable, Second Edition
by Michael Ham
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Author: Michael HamEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-12
ISBN: 143032807X
Number of pages: 122
Publisher: Lulu.com
Book Reviews of Leisureguy's Guide to Gourmet Shaving: Shaving Made Enjoyable, Second Edition
Book Review: A simple way to explain a simple task.
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this to be a very good book. It's written in a very simple and uncomplicated way.
If you are new to wet shaving with a safety razor, as I am, you probably will have a lot of questions, as I did before reading this book.
If that is the case for you then this book will answer most of your questions and probably some that you hadn't thought of.
Michael Ham certainly covers what for me was the most fundamental question of shaving with a safety razor, razor burnt. He explains why it happens and how to prevent it. This point alone will improve your shaving experience and fully justified your buying his book. This in my opinion is the hart of the book, and of safety razor shaving, and Micheal does an excellent job on this point managing to turn a daunting task into a simple and even enjoyable task.
You will find that the concept of sensitive skin is more to do with lack of fundamental basic technic than genetics.
Micheal also gives an array of useful advice on most things about shaving like, brushes, creams, blades, razors, and while the list goes on he objectively reminds you that when it comes to these specifics what works for him will not necessarily work for you, but this information will help you to start your own quest for the right tools for you.
The book also has at the end an appendix with a list of forums, reference, vendors and internet links to videos and all sorts of useful information.
All in all, by the time you finish reading this book and going throw all, or at least some of the links, you will no longer be a beginner on wet shaving
Summary of Leisureguy's Guide to Gourmet Shaving: Shaving Made Enjoyable, Second Edition
The second edition of the beginner's guide to traditional wetshaving---brush, shaving cream, safety razor with double-edged blade. Traditional shaving is enjoyable and thrifty: double-edged blades are as low as 9¢ each vs. as much as $3.50 for a single disposable multiblade cartridge.
The multiblade cartridge's tug-and-cut action often results in skin irritation, razor bumps, ingrowns, and razor burn---thus all the "protective" shaving preparations and "soothing and healing" aftershaves now offered. Most men with skin problems decide that they have "sensitive skin" and never realize that the problem is the multiblade cartridge.
This new edition tells how to cure and prevent razor bumps and ingrowns.
The book is complete in itself, but it also includes links to a host of resources on the Web to complement the book. Sources are provided for all you need to get started. See reader reviews below. For Table of Contents, see Preview.
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