Thread: First shave with classifieds razor!

Originally Posted by Utopian

As long as you don't look at it, it will be there!

Actually, if you even THINK about it, it may or may not cause it to exist (or not), if I understand my quantum mechanics, and I don't think I do... unless thinking about it means I really don't, wait... What?

Have we ran out of political/religous/other controversial threads in the conversation?

if you havent purchased lynn abrams dvd on straight razor shaving i would like to suggest it to you, as it has so much valuable information on it that pertains to everything you need to know to properly shave with a straight razor, espicially technique, just a simple adjustment could result in a great shave for you with proper technique, just a thought

Originally Posted by joke1176

Man, the Doppler effect has nothing to do with stropping, unless you are stropping at several hundred miles per hour.... Please post vids if you are.

I'd do that but I'd have to slow down my normal speed some.

You're absolutely correct...doppler has nothing to do with stropping. It's an auditory illusion and has nothing to do with speed...only that a constant tone is moving toward or away from you. Hit a tuning fork some time and make a stropping motion and see what happens.

Originally Posted by gugi

Have we ran out of political/religous/other controversial threads in the conversation?

Naw...we're just bored and trying to bump our post count.

I agree with what has been said. Its all about learing angles preasure not to much preasure honing stroping just take your time and have

Michael

Originally Posted by AusTexShaver

Naw...we're just bored and trying to bump our post count.

Heh. Apparently this was too short (10 characters, minimum).

Thanks everyone so far! I am going to try attempt number 2 tonight!

Tonight I really concentrated on doing very slow meticulous stropping and doing a very good prep. Again I did multiple hot towels including one with lather.

The shave was better! I managed to get 2 ATG passes and 1 XTG on just the cheeks. The shave was better and I did not nick my self but the pulling was insane! I tried a lower angle (spine closer to cheek) and it might of helped a little but the first pass was the most painful pass I have ever had besides the first time when I tried to shave around my chin area.

This time I almost finished the chin area on the first pass but couldn't so I finsihed it with the DE and then relathered and hot toweled for my secone pass.

The second pass I did another WTG on my whole face and managed not to nick myself although it was still pretty tough but not nearly as bad as the first pass.

The XTG on my cheeks wasn't bad although my XTG wasn't truly XTG (more of a Diagonal W/X).

All around my face was hurtin' a bit even though my skin wasn't razor burned. It is actually funny that the only places a had a bit of razor burn were around my mouth and chin where I had to clean up with the DE.

Although I am still not convinced my razor is as sharp as I would like it, I must admit that I am suprised that it was a fair amount better than the first time!

On a bad note I noticed a few different shiny spots when I look at the edge of my razor and realized that after doing a light TNT that the blade drags significantly on those spots (one is in the middle of the blade and there are several near the toe). Is it possible that they can be from shaving or did I hit the razor with something (I don't remeber hitting it and it would have had to been multiple times.) Can I still shave with it?

Sorry this post is huge, thank you ahead of time to anyone that answers!!

I took some pictures to show the reflection of the bad parts of the edge. Sorry for the quality but I had to take them with my phone.