Thread: Do you use the toe more than the heel?

I noticed the first couple of shaves with the straight that I use the toe of the razor WAY more than the heel. Is this normal? If it is then do you hone just the toe when the time comes? If not then does the heel get over honed? Ohh so many questions.

Not really its about 50/50. I try to use as much of the blade length as possible. When you do hone, hone the entire blade. This way the bevel stays uniform. Questions are a good thing here.

For tight and detail areas I use a mixture, when I first started I was using more toe,
I have found I use more heel now and find for me there is more control that way.
Regular pass it is as much of the blade as will hit what is flat.

Different parts of the blade for different areas. I do admit that the toe gets a lot of attention (burns, neck on the sides, up into base of the nostril), though the heel gets used for the top lip and chin.

For me it really depends on which area I'm shaving and to a lesser extent which hand I'm using. I find closer to my mouth gets more heel use than toe. closer to my ears gets the reverse. Everything else is fairly even.

I "think" I use them both about equally. Maybe a little more toe but only a little.

As a barber I tend to use the toe more out of the habit of shaving around ears and the nape of the neck....faces end up leaning more towards the toe just because of that

I would like to say I use the whole blade evenly, but that is not exactly accurate.

My favorite razors have spike toes AND heels. Those razors see even use.

Most typical (non-custom) razors seem to have a rounded heel and accordingly, they are not my preference for detail work, so I utilize the toe more on these razors.

Am actually wondering now if I use the heel more because my first razor had a really spiky toe; and I sort of shied away from using the toe for fear it's cut me...

I'm a righty and I shave with my razor in my right hand exclusively, so I favor the toe for my right sideburn and right chin, and the heel for my left sideburn and left chin, then it's all toe for my upper lip. I like to think my whole razor gets used.