Cold Water vs. Warm Water Shaving

[Old Sarge]

Summer, Winter, Spring, or Fall, it's cold water shaving above all.
Yep, I only do cold water shaving. I started out doing a cold water rinse at the end of the shave, but I remembered when I was in Vietnam, we did not have hot water, so all my shaves were cold water. I decided to give it a try again, and haven't looked back, until today. I went back in my shaving logs on my shaving website, and it was August 8, 2014 when I started cold water shaving. On November 1, 2014, I created this graphic for cold water shaves.

I made this one back when I first joined TOST.

And now, I use this one.

I am happy to have nudged/persuaded a number of wet shavers to join me. I call it the Fellowship of Cold Water Shavers.

I did notice your cold water shave graphic on your SOTD posts,  it's nice to see the progression! I've watched a few of your videos on YouTube and noticed the cold water usage. This was in the back of my mind when I decided to set up the poll. Wanted to hear everybody's opinion.

I did my first cold water shave today. After yesterday's shave, I need to limit any further irritation. I used Proraso red cream and did an easy pass and a half shave with my unmentionable razor that I stared DE shaving with. Went well and no further irritation. Not the best shave because I wasn't trying to be close, but it accomplished the mission!