Thread: Yikes and ouch

I am in the process of looking for my first regular straight.

however, I am noticing that with my feather, using the pro guard blade, I am getting some seriously close shaves. It may be my blade angle, I feel it is...

around my cheeks and the left and right side of my chin I feel like I have had a cheese grater pass over my face.

I do two passes, one with the grain and one against...sometimes I touch up a few spots but I do get bbs on the chin.

What gives?

Moreover, will something like a henkel, or dubl duck etc sheer off that much skin as well?

Lets just say, I do love driving to work with the AC blasting on my face in the morn.

I do not think that will happen with a St8. Although never having used A DE. I can't say for sure. Str8 will work different than a DE, it is also very hard for a str8 to be as sharp. Since I took the plunge, and threw away everything but my STR8's, My BBS skin has never felt so good.

Phil

Have you checked out Mantic's vids on yutube or whatever.

They might help you with your DE.

I do two passes, one with the grain and one against...

I'd up the passes maybe double tap the wtg, then x grain before atg.

Again Mantic is the 'man' for DE shaving.

The straight is a different animal than the DE.

Both will provide superior shaves.

But if you use a straight. You will be the 'man'

The feather I was referring to was the feather straight. Maybe I need to try to use a lighter touch.

im giving my feather straight a break

today was not a fun day, raw, and i feel like i have 1000 needles in my face right now

Never used a feather myself, but many claim it is harsher that a regular str8. Something to do with the feather's extreme sharpness, so the prevailing theory goes.

- Michael

Originally Posted by shavingsamurai

Moreover, will something like a henkel, or dubl duck etc sheer off that much skin as well?

No.
A DE is much more aggressive to your skin than a straight. Before using a straight, I shaved a couple of months with a DE and it did much more harm to my face than later with a straight. It would be unthinkable to use my straight shaving technique with a DE, I'd probably be disfigured...
A straight is much more forgiving, yet it shaves just as good or even better than a DE - it's the real thing

Originally Posted by Leon

No.
A DE is much more aggressive to your skin than a straight. Before using a straight, I shaved a couple of months with a DE and it did much more harm to my face than later with a straight. It would be unthinkable to use my straight shaving technique with a DE, I'd probably be disfigured...
A straight is much more forgiving, yet it shaves just as good or even better than a DE - it's the real thing

Except he wasn't talking about a DE, he was talking about a Feather straight.