Thread: Parker

Hello:

Which one ? The vintage or the Dovo ?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Straighface

Hello:

Which one ? The vintage or the Dovo ?

Thanks

Sorry, I meant Pietjes pre-war razor.

K.Will make some pictures this evening and upload it.
Pietjes ??? What is that?

Originally Posted by Straighface

K.Will make some pictures this evening and upload it.
Pietjes ??? What is that?

The user Pietje has a razor from his grandpa too.

If you have a nice razor and you want to upload pics, I am happy to see them.

Some pics of the razor...

OK I will upload pictures all of my straighrazors with comments, based on experience. Hope you will like it.

BTW I need some help !! I shaved my goatie, but have difficulties to shave my mustache area and upper jaw, lower lip. I simply don't know how to hold the razor not to cut into myself. Any idea ?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Straighface

OK I will upload pictures all of my straighrazors with comments, based on experience. Hope you will like it.

BTW I need some help !! I shaved my goatie, but have difficulties to shave my mustache area and upper jaw, lower lip. I simply don't know how to hold the razor not to cut into myself. Any idea ?

Thanks

First of all I am still learning, so I am not an expert.

I had difficulties with my mustache area in the beginning too. I tried to shave the complete area under my nose with one grip that I used for the right side of my face. Now I divide the area under my nose into a right and a left area. I shave the left area with the grip I use for the left side of my face and the right area with the right face side grip.
Most of the time I use grip 2 shown on this page: Different ways to hold a straight razor - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Stretching the skin on your jaw can help if you didn't do that already. You can also put the razor blade flat on you skin and lift the spine a little bit while holding the edge in place (angle approx. 10 degrees). After that shave. The next shaves you can increase the angle (no further than approx 30 degrees). I learned it this way. With a shallow angle it felt more secure.

Originally Posted by Pietje

Some pics of the razor...

Nice razor! How does it shave?

Originally Posted by vampyrewolf

If a sharp edge scares you, stay away from high end knives I wouldn't even think of shaving with my latest edge, because I know it'd take skin with it (fillet's letters off of a phonebook page without any issues). I've done touchups at work with my spyderco dragonfly a few times, and a 2" blade sharpened at 12degrees inclusive does quite well.

As long as you watch your angle you can shave with just about anything, size and bevel angle should have no bearing on it.

No I'm not particularly scared of sharp edges, I'm fine with a straight razor but I know what my face is like - easily irritated. The 18-19 degree angle is standard for a number of reasons, one of which is edge crumbling, and that really can make for an uncomfortable shave. If you shave with an edge without a safety bar you can pretty much expect the odd nick when your attention gets diverted or you sneeze (!): I'd rather have a cut from a clean smooth edge, that's all.

Your Spyderco has an ATS-55 stainless blade, yes? For much the same reasons I'm not keen on stainless for shaving purposes on account of the larger carbides than are generally found in carbon steels - sharp yes, but less smooth. I was drawn on a bet once by someone who thought I wouldn't shave with a 2" chisel ... it actually did a pretty good job, but then again it was plain old high carbon steel, and about a 20 degree angle.

tl;dr: I think outside of a DE razor, a DE blade is usable but not optimal.

This stainless dragonfly is ats-55, though the stainless handles got upgraded to vg-10 a few years ago... I've been beating on this one for 9 years. If you want a high carbon steel that shaves well, look at vg-10, s30v and the newest addition zdp-189.

vg-10 was designed as a horticultural steel, with a fine grain to limit the damage to the plant being trimmed or transplanted. VG-10, sharpened at 30deg inclusive and finished on veritas green (0.5 micron chromium oxide paste), will shave very nicely.

I sharpen anywhere between 12 and 40degrees inclusive, freehand.