Thread: Progress, some forward, some backward

That IS interesting...could you explain the "guillotine" style for me. Sorry, newbie

I can imagine that the styptic felt really nice on that gash!

From another thread here

A DE pass across skin is typically "head on" rather than angled or skewed like a proper straight razor pass. Even with a very sharp properly tuned straight and using a proper angle, I personally can't draw the blade head on into the whiskers in most cases, there's pull. The scythe/skewed motion is therefore recommended for straights. This is a morbid analogy, but think of a guillotine blade. It's angled. I doubt, and don't want to think much more about it than that, but if a guillotine blade was straight across and came down "head on", I would assume it would not be able to accomplish its task; too much resistance and not enough slice. You need to slice your whiskers rather than chop the whiskers.

I hope this helps.

Chris L

I see WHY you sliced yourself.

It DID give a better more comfortable shave... but maybe also contributed to the slicing.

Do you mean you just don't keep the blade level? That's what I do, I find it more difficult to keep the blade completely level.

Yes, as I go down my cheek (or whatever) the spine of the razor sits at maybe a 30 degree angle rather than horizontal...

You guys can do searches on "scything" if you want more info, and yes be careful, keep the face/neck hydrated and use a light touch.