Thread: Still using electric razor

Should I not be using my electric razor to clean up the areas I cant or am not experienced enough yet too shave properly with a straight as in my chin and upper lip, I am trying but I cant go to work with the results, the rest of my shaving is going well. is this counter productive? thanks

It is perfectly sensible. Once your technique improves (chin and lip problems are often down to problems with stretching and angle, cf. Shaving passes - Straight Razor Place Wiki), you will find that those areas become less problematic.

Good luck, and keep us posted on your progress,
Robin

I say do whatever you need to ,,, Don't give up on the straight!! The more you use it , the better you will get with it. In a short time you will master it and throw the electric away. Or better yet,,,put it on EBAY!!

You could use a electric razor however your face is already lathered up and wet, most people just use a de or march 3 just because I think it would be quicker than cleaning off your face getting its nice and dry and than using your electric.

Use what you want and what you are handy with.

Crom

It's not a big problem. in a short time (as long as you keep giving it the effort it requires) you will become proficient enought with a straight that you will hate using your electric because it simply doesnt' cut close enough. Until then, clean up with it by all means, but don't give up on the straight, it takes time.

Thanks for the info and quick response all

Let me check my straight razor rule book....... Nope, nothing in there expressly forbids it. You do what you are most comfortable doing. It took me more than a few months to work out techniques for a few trouble spots on my face. Being a bit older has a few impacts on flexibility.

I say, get a rope!

just kidding

The best way to learn straight shaving is start slow and use the easy strokes and areas to build on for the more complex areas like learning Algebra and geometry and calculus and all that.

In the meantime you use whatever you're most comfortable with to get the other areas.

But if your still doing this in a year then we get the rope!

After reading your post it made me think of this

Originally Posted by Lynn

For your first shave, I would again recommend that you use a 30 degree or less angle with your razor and for the first time only shave from one sideburn down to the jaw. That's it. You want to develop a sense of how the razor cuts and work to perfect that feeling and the feeling of using a straight razor. After a couple of days, you can then move over into the cheek and work on that side of the face for the next couple days. When comfortable with this, you can then experiment with crossing to the other side of the face using the same hand or try the other hand which is easy for some and not so easy for others. From here, I normally recommend trying the down stroke on both sides of the neck and then trying the chin and then under the nose. When you start to feel comfortable with the process, you can then try going across grain from the jaw to the chin and then finally going up underneath the neck. By taking the time to learn to use the straight razor with this approach, you will be able to determine where and when to stretch the skin and to find out which areas you will need to go back and touch up.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/newbi...icipation.html

I'm sick and tired of disposables and my electric shaver. Further, the latter can't be helped becausei t's just run it's course for lithium battery's done won't hold a charge and I'm not gonna let it pull my hair again in midst of shaving for umpteenth time. I'm gonna leave my face as is and wait till razor arrives.

Also in that post Lynn mentioned that you shouldn't force yourself to move onward if you are not comfortable. This makes sense in regards to anything you do as first timer.

There's so much information I don't know what to do with them hahaa. Only time will tell as there's only so much we can read about. There's also the doing part. Hopefully as you get comfortable you won't be needing your shaver.

By no means am I "expert" straight shaver. I'm new to it as well. LEarning curve is different for everyone. No one's going to say "FAIL" or call you weak. Based on 40 some threads I bookmarked no one did such. On the contrary everyone from vets: honemeisters, stropmeisters, mentors and even new comers were offering advice as well be it from honing, stropping and in your case straight shaving.

Keep posted

Best of luck :beer:

This is all very encouraging, and I will keep at it. thanks.