Quote Originally Posted by sktaylor View Post
I have a DOVO SS, I had it sharpened by Lynn a while ago and I only tried to use it once. All it does is tug at my hair. I guess I'll just stick to the disposable blades.
My guess is you rolled the edge stropping. It's very common when you're starting out. There's plenty of room for preference between traditional straights and disposables, but no properly-stropped Lynn-honed razor should be tugging, unless you've got porcupine
quills.
Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
There are some who would say a disposable is too sharp. But I can't imagine who would say that.
If we're talking about feathers I'd say that. Hate the things. I know for some they're the holy grail of razor edges; for me they're unnecessarily sharp, insufficiently smooth and a damn bad shave all round. There's one thing they're good for in my book: the ninety-second one-pass running out the door shave. They're pretty impressive in that regard. But ATG with a feather is just stinging nettles and barbed-wire on my face, and it's not for lack of trying.