Thread: Still Confused

Originally Posted by vikingfan

Thanks for your input. That gives me some hope. What did you do differently with the SR that made it work?

Just keep at it, experiment with the angles, and don't give up. With my Parker, I had to stick with the standard 30 degrees. With the real straights, it goes between 10 and 40 depending on the pass, area I'm shaving (Ialso use it on my head), etc.

Also read, reread, and go back for another look at everything in the wiki. It really helped me.

Originally Posted by Nightfall

Just keep at it, experiment with the angles, and don't give up. With my Parker, I had to stick with the standard 30 degrees. With the real straights, it goes between 10 and 40 depending on the pass, area I'm shaving (Ialso use it on my head), etc.

Also read, reread, and go back for another look at everything in the wiki. It really helped me.

I'm finding if I use short, quick, multiple strokes over the same area, the shave is getting closer. It seems like the long, smooth strokes remove very little and causes some discomfort. I did a wtg shave yesterday and was fairly happy. Tomorrow, I will try it again and also do a atg pass with the short, quick, multiple strokes with the hope I get a reasonablly close shave.

Thanks, I think I'm getting a technique that is starting to wrok.