Thread: FYI: Round Points

What follows is probably an excellent example of why round point straights are so often recommended for noobs.





That's not blood, or bleeding. It is better described as light abrasions. They are not cuts; but I'm sure if I was using a square point, it would be a different story.

This was taken at work, the DAY AFTER my first SR shave. Those marks, with the possible exception of one or two, were not there when I went to bed that night after my shave. Obvious things must be stated. I was still learning how to navigate the hollows of my neck with the SR. And was taught by the best teacher we have available, the razor itself, to be mindful of the entirety of the blade.

I have learned. Now others may learn from my hard knocks example.

No open wounds for your first go, better than I did lad.
Make sure your blades stropped and light pressure against the skin, in case you weren't already hip to those points.
Looks like you might have been pressing a bit to hard, to my eye anyway.
Congrats on the first shave and thanks for posting the results..
Cheers.

New nickname.............Edward Scissorhands!

Congratulations on your first SR shave, as MikeB52 said, you did better than most, and it looks like you may have used to much pressure.

Remember, a big difference with a straight is you're trying to shave the lather off, not your beard, that's the type of pressure you should be thinking of while you shave.

Also, a proper shave ready edge, and good, fundamental stropping technique is vital - after 10 shaves you'll start to get a sense of it. My benchmark where I started to feel that shaving with a straight was, "normal" was around 50 shaves...which is a couple of months.

Good luck and enjoy the journey!

Ohh, and round points will cut you just as easily as a square or spike point, just for different reasons....

Hehe. I'm a month, and 8 shaves in now. Yes, I was hip to those, thanks. Took me this long to swallow the shame of going half a day at work before passing a mirror on lunch, prompting me to ask the gal I was training why nobody told me it looked like a cat got ahold of my neck! "You don't have a mirror?" "I do. But not being a morning person, my routine consists of 'roll out of bed, eat something, get to work, clock in, wake up somewhere around my first break 2hrs into my shift'."

Lather, beard prep, lather, Bad blade angle at work here. Good lather. Not the goo in the can.
The point did not do that. You did!

I would take a good look at the edge with good magnification, you probably have some chip in the edge, the bevel is not completely set or as said you are using way too much pressure.

Indeed. Good point.You may well have a 'toothed' edge. Perhaps a bit of all of the above?

Not quite, to many things. My razor (Dovo Best Quality 5/8) came from SRD. Didn't strop before hand (I've done my research). My lather was far from awesome, but only lathering in small sections before wiping it away with the blade mostly negated this.

Most importantly: I distinctly remember feeling the rounded point against my skin when I was chasing the "tropical storm" around my adams apple & neighboring hollows. I noticed feeling the point after the pass, as I was focusing on angle & pressure. Since there wasn't any bleeding, it was not a top concern. Too much pressure? Sorta. Yes, the point got a bit too much pressure on the neck passes, but only as a result of not paying attention to the whole blade.

We all have been there. Thats a thing you "have" to go through before you have your techniqeu down. It will improve. And then some of us have to learn the "don't-get too-confident-too-early" rule