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09-06-2008, 05:07 PM #1
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Attempted my first straight razor shave with my new (old) Cullinan 6/8 full hollow ground razor today. I'm right handed and my hair grain goes straight down my cheeks, left to right across my throat, and some diagonals on my jaw. What is the proper angle supposed to feel like? I'm a newbie and I know that I did not hold a constant angle but some angles feel like the razor is sliding and doing nothing and others feel like its really digging in. I also can't figure out how to do the left side of my throat with the grain. I'm right handed and I tried either hand but can't figure it out. While I didn't manage to cut myself except for some tiny nicks on my throat I didn't get a great shave either (srp member "english" honed my razor and I stropped it first) which I attribute to not having the angles/techniques down right. I actually finished up with my DE because I was concerned of irritating my face with a million passes of the straight razor (ironically I cut myself much more with the DE). Any advice?
Thanks,
Zac