Thread: My razor is too sharp???? I like a duller edge??

I think it's all about linguistics and how we humans qualify certain words.

I struggle with ultra-keen edges. I give myself weepers with them, probably because I have too little control over the whisper-light pressure they require. Possibly my shaving angles are all over the place and my scythes are not wielded with sufficient precision. So I'm condemned to settle for duller edges that are more forgiving for a sucker like me. I just can't handle a truly sharp razor, like I am also too much a sissy to mend a 300 HP sports car. (let's add a big grin here: , although it's all true)

Please do not read this wrong. I am not implying that Glen or the outstanding gentlemen in the "a razor cannot be too sharp" school, are scorning those that think a razor can cut a bit too well. I just think that we are often talking about the same things, but only refuse to use the same words for them, because we fear the association that comes with those words.
I believe that's why we don't refer to a razor that mars our skin, as being "too sharp" but rather as being "too harsh". Razor's can't be "too sharp". They are not allowed to be possibly "too sharp". Many of us were at least partially drawn to the concept of straight razors, because they are so dangerously, wickedly sharp. How on Earth can we allow them to be too sharp? It's simply blasphemy to say so, and all those bloody fags who imply otherwise should be stripped of their manhood and kicked of these manly boards.

(finding a renewed solemness)

I think, that if we could all adopt the same well defined definition of words, something that's actually imperative for these kinds of conversations with a huge physics background, we would find that we're all much more in agreement than we appear at first sight.

Hence, let's rephrase the question:
"Can an edge be too harsh?"
If so, what causes that harshness? How to reduce it?

All written in good fun and respect,
Bart.

agreed.

Some blades are too sharp for me, too.

Originally Posted by Pyment

agreed.

Some blades are too sharp for me, too.

Not me ... but some are too harsh

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Not me ... but some are too harsh

Some are too smooth for me. I prefer harsher

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Some are too smooth for me. I prefer harsher

I agree

some blades are too smooth for you.

and I agree

some blades are too harsh for me

after I agreed

some blades are too sharp for me.

BUT

some are just right.

I recant my previous position.


I had a shave this morning with a Friodur finished to 0.1um diamond lapping film, with some horsehide stropping only,and the results were quite nice!

Statute of limitations has expired. Sides have been drawn up. Too late to change your mind!

Originally Posted by LarryAndro

Statute of limitations has expired. Sides have been drawn up. Too late to change your mind!

RATS!


OK, I'll breadknife my edges back to a duller state....

Originally Posted by Seraphim

OK, I'll breadknife my edges back to a duller state....

That's appropriate! Because, I think a quite similar rhetorical question...

"How do you dull a razor?"

was how this email thread started.

And, the answer is... ask Seraphim!

If i can not circumcise a fly with my straight, it is not shave ready.