Thread: Second shave still painful

What brand of razor is it?

It's difficult to give advice on this to rookies because it can be many things. Maybe the razor isn't sharp, maybe the stropping made it dull, maybe your technique needs honing, maybe your prep isn't right. You have to examine all of these things one by one and rule them out one by one until you get to the root of the problem.

thebigspendur nailed it. Incorrect stropping would be my bet especially if done on a hanging strop. Does it "pop" arm hairs?

Originally Posted by rmagnus

thebigspendur nailed it. Incorrect stropping would be my bet especially if done on a hanging strop. Does it "pop" arm hairs?

Magnus, it shaves my arm hair very easily. No sticking at all, but that's after I did all of the stropping this morning after my bad experience.

Western Montana ???? Where ???

I am over in Sandpoint, ID and I know a thing or two about Straight Razors

when I started my biggest problem was angle you would think I was scraping a hog. painful every shave. once I laid the razor down and brought back up to about 30 degrees the pain was gone . Oh and gssixgun knows more than a thing or two he has helped not only me but many others. just a thought.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Western Montana ???? Where ???

I am over in Sandpoint, ID and I know a thing or two about Straight Razors

I'm in Missoula.

Originally Posted by mjlthuston

I'm in Missoula.

That's not terribly far considering the rough go you've had of it so far. It's about 3.5 hr drive I think and through some absolutely beautiful country! If I were you, I'd pm gssixgun and try to get together with him.

Originally Posted by mjlthuston

Magnus, it shaves my arm hair very easily. No sticking at all, but that's after I did all of the stropping this morning after my bad experience.

Sorry for late response. Shaving arm hairs and popping them half way up or higher are two different things. Shaving arm hair at skin level isn't hard to do and many times I can get a dull SR to do that.

A really sharp blade will pop hairs when you lightly go over them about 1/4 from the top.

I'll echo the mentor thing because your learning curve will really be accelerated.

Originally Posted by Catrentshaving

What brand of razor is it?

It's a gold dollar, but I bought it from a pretty reputable dealer on another forum who hones them before he sends them out. I realize it's a cheap razor but I didn't want to spend a couple hundred bucks to try it out.