Thread: 1st razor help

Originally Posted by Muamero

Nice man, How is your stropping coming along? I am excited to say that I can definitely see the difference between the sharpness after I just shaved with and after I strop it. I am still having hard time getting my chin clean shaved. Today I managed to to 3 passes on the cheek area. Chin, under neck seams to be different story though!!

dont stress, there are loads of threads about these areas, quite a few of us have trouble here.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

dont stress, there are loads of threads about these areas, quite a few of us have trouble here.

Amen to that! The chin is one of the hardest areas of the face to shave.

Originally Posted by monkeycam

The before honing test shave.

Shave ready from the factory HA!

I decided to try and shave with a factory sharpened Dovo this morning, while it looks fantastically sharp and take some hair off my arm, I was not getting a close shave like with my shavette.

I must admit that the blade felt a lot more comfortable on my face and I am looking forward to having it honed correctly, so I can have the close shave and comfort all in one.

I know all the advice is to get it professionaly honed before using, but there is nothing like experience.

I feel for the people who have not experienced a sharp blade and try a factory honed straight as it would leave ALOT to be desired

Well I got my razor back from Oz.

Having learnt with a shavette I am getting used to the weight of the blade.

As per advice from Oz I didn't strop the 1st time as it is already stropped

A couple of things I noticed.

The shave was not as close as with the shavette but I am assuming that is getting the angles correct. So it is back to square 1

The shave was more comfortable but as the blade is new to me I took some extra time to shave

I have decided to store the blade outside the bathroom as everyone else in my house tries to make the bathroom as humid as possible.

I look forward to learning to how use this new blade correctly

Taking a little extra time in the beginning will pay off big time later on. Now that you have a true shave ready blade angles will be your friend. Get it right and the whiskers just fall off your face. Enjoy the next shave.