Thread: Trouble Getting Straight Shave a Smooth as My DE, Question About Honing

Originally Posted by JP5

Thanks for the advice and suggestions. I may just need to keep working on my technique.

I'm still using canned shaving cream.

I don't have anything to compare my stropping to. I go pretty slow so I don't cut up my strop. The wedge seems easier to strop because of the weight of the blade.
I'm using a homemade strop right now. In the near future, I would like to get a professionally made leather strop with a linen or fabric component.

I have some larger hollow (half hollow I believe) razors. One of them is a 8/8 W&B. If I got it rescaled and honed, would it be easier to learn with than my 5/8" half hollow?

Thanks again.

I think that you've answered part of your situation. The Canned Shaving Cream is fine for using with the disposables and while not the Ultimate will work with a DE, however they tend to lack the moisturizing and slickness that a brush and a decent shaving soap will do. While I may be chastised for saying it, even the Van De Hagen is better than the canned soap.

The size, grind, maker etc makes no difference! If you can't get a good shave with what you have (which is a couple of good razors/Pro Honed) then your just wasting your time!!

As has been brought up/Learning this Age Old Art takes Time and Patience!

You need to do just that! Be Patient and Acknowledge that to learn this Ancient Art takes time.

Hang in there! It will come! It will just take 'Time'.

Smooth Shaving My Brother In Blades!

Wow, ditch the canned goop and learn to make a good lather with a shave soap and brush. Once you learn to make a good lather that way you will be surprised the difference that can make.

Bob

Another question to ask is, realistically, how smooth of a shave do you really need? You don't even need to do an ATG pass to have a visibly smooth shave. Unless you have someone stroking your face ATG, your face will feel smooth.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I think that you've answered part of your situation. The Canned Shaving Cream is fine for using with the disposables and while not the Ultimate will work with a DE, however they tend to lack the moisturizing and slickness that a brush and a decent shaving soap will do. While I may be chastised for saying it, even the Van De Hagen is better than the canned soap.

The size, grind, maker etc makes no difference! If you can't get a good shave with what you have (which is a couple of good razors/Pro Honed) then your just wasting your time!!

As has been brought up/Learning this Age Old Art takes Time and Patience!

You need to do just that! Be Patient and Acknowledge that to learn this Ancient Art takes time.

Hang in there! It will come! It will just take 'Time'.

Smooth Shaving My Brother In Blades!

I agree in general that the size and grind is not a big issue if all the blades are quality, but I think us newbies are better off sticking to a single razor for a while until we develop some degree of proficiency. It can be frustrating to switch blades in the search of 'the right one' when we're still trying to learn technique.

-Steve

Originally Posted by SteveA

I agree in general that the size and grind is not a big issue if all the blades are quality, but I think us newbies are better off sticking to a single razor for a while until we develop some degree of proficiency. It can be frustrating to switch blades in the search of 'the right one' when we're still trying to learn technique.

-Steve

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