Thread: Newbie's first shave and question about disposable blades...

Ok, so I did it. I completed my first straight shave!And I did it with an old Weck! The whole face and neck too! (except upper lip and chin, retaining the 6 inch goatee...)
Mixed up some Palmolive slightly thicker than for the DE and it worked well.
Even doing only a single pass, yeah, I think I'm game for this!
I figured the Weck for the disposability, full length blade (compaired to a Shavette) and the older (army version) for the weight.
Since I don't have hones or a strop and although I have a couple Ebay blades, as I have read here I learned how much work each of them will need to be useable...(Waiting with baited breath for the next contest)

Anyway, here's what I am wondering. I used a brand new Fromm blade and felt some dragging and pulling (only 2 minor scrapes too!!) which I am attributing to my technique. Here's the question- how sharp is a new Fromm shaper blade compaired to a well honed regular straight and to a DE blade like a Shavette uses? I'm trying to figure out if I should expect my tecnique is totally to blame or will I see a marked improvement by getting better gear.

Well done sir. Keep at it. It keeps getting better and the learning curve is steep.

That edge could likely use a little touching up to give you a prime shave.

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Shaper blades are generally a bit duller but more robust than blades designed for shaving. I don't know what to advise you, other than giving a real straight a shot. That's what's familiar and very enjoyable to me.

I just realized that I posted what is essentially a duplicate question. I was asking about people's thoughts on the Shavette. Sorry to have done so. Mods: I'll understand if you erase my thread or move it here.

Thanks for the answers and encouragement.
I have no strop or hones as yet (my better half has limited my budget), but it sounds as tho the shaper blade could benifit from a pasted strop or finish honing. Someone had posted somewhere about a Shavette blade insert being modified to fit a Weck, that might work better then.
It'll be a fun experiment at some point to finish hone one.

Shaper blades are very dull by razor standards, even the extra-long DE-style snappable blades by Merkur are much duller than their normal DE blades.

Try either an injector blade or a snapped DE blade, depending on your available blade holder.