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

Easy, Glen, to hone a razor to a slightly duller edge, just don't hone the razor to wickedly scary sharp.

Seriously though, for me to get to wickedly sharp, I think I probably obsess over an edge when I hone it more than you probably do given that, hands down, you have WAYYYY more experience than I do in honing. The same would go for all honemeisters in comparison to my ability. I hone my own because I can shave test, refine, shave test, refine, shave test, refine until I get an edge to my full (and then probably most anyone else's) satisfaction and time is of no concern in the process. For fun, I still can't help oftentimes pushing an edge using diamond, chrome ox, newspaper, etc after honing to what I think is literally the max in sharpness.

I have shaved approx ten times with a Feather AC and some new Pro Super blades both on loan last year from Netsurfr. I didn't like the "walking on eggshells" approach I felt I had to take with such a sharp edge. Granted, weepers can be a result of incorrect technique, but they're equally a result of such a sharp edge. I don't tolerate weepers during a shave at all. I seriously wouldn't shave with a straight razor if weepers were common during a shave process. At this point, with my own straights I get a single weeper (usually under my lower lip/chin area) roughly once every 3-4 months. I admit that my shaving technique can be sloppy at times and I've thought more times than I can count during a shave "Ooh, if this was a Feather AC, on that pass I would have nicked myself for sure." With my razors, during such a pass, it's as close to an "almost cut" that I could get. In my rambling, maybe I'm saying that generally my honing allows for the occasional error in my shaving technique and still the edges are more than sharp enough to give me great comfortable irritation free shaves (no nicks, weepers or razor burn....95% of the time).

Sorry for the long post.

Chris L