Originally Posted by
jbcohen
What test do you use to see if your blade is sharp enough to shave with? My teacher taught me to attempt to cut paper with the blade, if it can not cut paper its not up to the shaving task. So far my Inox can cut paper and can even cut a thicker slice of paper, such as a magazine page. I hesitate to touch the edge with my finger, as I did that once only to regret it and the blade was much more dull at that point.
Did not get to do a straight shave last night I was watching a DVD from blockbuster with my wife called the Day the Earth Stood Still. I know learning to straight shave is a more important than a movie but I wanted to see that one.
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Straight Razor Shave #3
did shave number three tonight after some additional stropping and pulled out a new tub of The Shave Den Sandlewood cream, that's a great cream but not runny, so if you like your creams runny don't look here. Did another careful shave and I am very pleased with the results, in fact I think I think that the straight razor is getting ready to pass up my double edge razors in terms of the quality of the shave that I have gotten from it. I have ten years to learn this task before I have to pass it on to my son who will be then starting to perform the task. I am attempting to start a family tradition here as my family has typically liked to discard anything that came before them as too old world for the modern era. Incidentally, and I am bragging here, I have cut my self millions of times shaving but have never done it with a straight.