Thread: Skin Tightness

For a couple of days when I did the right side of my face it was O.K., but on the left the razor would skip and pull...especially on the cheek. Yesterday I tried stropping between switching sides and it still skipped and pulled on the left side.

Today I paid more attention to keeping my skin tight on the left side and both sides seemed almost equal. I've been real careful on the way I strop also.

Does skin tighness make that much difference?

It does indeed. Keeping the skin stretched can not only help to make the stubble stand up better, it also makes it far easier for the razor to glide over the surface. If you don't stretch it a kind of wave of skin can be pushed in front, & this can only go so far before it wants to return from whence it came! This can cause the skipping. I think i could have maybe described that better, but hopefully you know what i mean!

You described it just fine...I saw the "wave" rising in front of the blade so I didn't push it; seems like that could cause some "problems."

Also, under which thread is the xmans single handed video located? I've jumped around in the video section a bit and did a search but haven't found it yet.

Here buddy.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...technique.html

Thank you!

For a while, I was getting much better results on the right side of my face than my left. I'm also right handed. Coincidence?? I don't think so.... Doing the opposite side of the face definitely is harder. Are you switching hands or just using your right hand for both sides? You asked for xman's one handed shaving technique video, so that's why I was wondering.

Personally, I think using both hands is benificial, especially when you're just starting out. Everything that works for me with my right hand on the right side of my face I try to do the exact same thing (except the mirror image from left-to-right) on the left side. I've never been a fan of only using one hand. But hey, to each his own!

Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave

For a while, I was getting much better results on the right side of my face than my left. I'm also right handed. Coincidence?? I don't think so.... Doing the opposite side of the face definitely is harder. Are you switching hands or just using your right hand for both sides? You asked for xman's one handed shaving technique video, so that's why I was wondering.

Personally, I think using both hands is benificial, especially when you're just starting out. Everything that works for me with my right hand on the right side of my face I try to do the exact same thing (except the mirror image from left-to-right) on the left side. I've never been a fan of only using one hand. But hey, to each his own!

Yeah, just using right hand as I'm still awkward with it and the left is worse.

But, today I tried the left hand again and it was much better than the last time I tried!

I'm having to adjust my shavning pattern. In videos they go down from the face to the neck...my face hair grows downward and my neck hair grows upward.

Sooo...if I go downward on the face, when I transition to the neck I'm going ATG on the neck.

Trial and error.

Exactly, trial and error. That's basically what it comes down to.

It felt very awkward using my left hand at first, but the more you use it, the more natural it feels. Now I'm as comfortable with a razor in my left hand as my right.

The hairs on my neck go downward in the center of my neck, but end up more horizontal towards the sides. By the time you master the straight, you'll know the exact direction of every hair on your face!