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04-17-2009, 02:39 AM #1
Welcome to the board. Good advice all around. I'll have to check out that barber shop. I wasn't aware of it.
Jordan
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04-17-2009, 03:04 AM #2
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04-17-2009, 03:08 AM #3
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04-17-2009, 03:25 AM #4
This is all good advice.
You did get an offer to get that razor honed by Lynn, you should jump on that.
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04-17-2009, 04:13 AM #5
It hurts? like pricking while shaving or burns afterward? How were you shaving before?
I think using linen might offer some info about how your stropping is coming along. I have a feeling your blade is not so sharp that linen won't improve it.
If your stropping is dulling the razor- thus requiring more pressure and causing more snatching than cutting(more burn)- the linen will finish it off
I've had very little razor burn so thats a guess. seems to come from a dull razor -too many passes with too much pressure and angle to get it to cut.
prickling could be honed-in chips, high shave angle chips(some kind of edge damage from angle, bur or something along those lines.
A straight exfoliates so your skin may need to adjust to this new treatment //could be all you need is extra prep and TLC til your technique builds
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04-17-2009, 02:04 PM #6
The easiest problem for me to see out of all this is that the angle of the blade is too high due to inexperience or due to a dulled edge from improper stropping or honing.
Last edited by Disburden; 04-17-2009 at 02:06 PM.
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04-20-2009, 02:51 PM #7
No updates onthe shave?