Thread: "Streaker"

Dave,

How many razors do you have? Do you hone your own razors?

Ed

Yesterday I blew a week-long streak: neck like hamburger.

Deepweeds,

Have you figured out the reason for this? Was your skin just not happy to be shaved that day? Were you in a hurry? Different razor? Newly honed?
Just curious.

Have you figured out the reason for this [raw neck]?

Jordan,
I think these are the factors that contribute my occasional raw-neck-syndrome (RNS):

1) sensitive skin there: my face and jawline are almost never sensitive.
2) over-shaving: I'm still making adjustments to how I approach my neck, and my constant experimenting results in overshaving. I sometimes keep working at it when I should, after two passes, leave it alone.
3) amateur honing skills: I'm learning, but undoubtedly I'm not giving myself the smoothest edge possible. Once I can afford a second razor, I'll have Lynn hone it so that I have a "benchmark razor."

That's my thinking on it at this point. When I am attentive to these, my neck is fine. When I'm not... ouch!

Deepweeds

jordon, basically 2 things cause raw skin...either the razor is not sharp... this can be caused by poor stroping... too much pressure on razor,elevated razor not laying it flat on strop...razor needs to be touched up on hone give razor 10 laps on 8000 side of norton...or your shaving angle is too wide andyou are scraping your face...in either case you need to give your face a rest for a day...either dont shave or use a disposable bic or whatever and be sure to use skin food or a product with soothing qualities...

Originally Posted by EdinLA44

Dave,

How many razors do you have? Do you hone your own razors?

Ed

I am rotating two razors, a 7/8 Wade & Butcher "meat chopper" 1/4 hollow, and a 6/8 full hollow Clark & Hall Sheffield. I have a half dozen others kicking around that I have not yet tried to shave with, including a couple "fixer uppers" that I want to restore.

I am honeing (or more correctly "learning to hone") my own razors.

Dave

Originally Posted by Tobico4

I am rotating two razors, a 7/8 Wade & Butcher "meat chopper" 1/4 hollow, and a 6/8 full hollow Clark & Hall Sheffield. I have a half dozen others kicking around that I have not yet tried to shave with, including a couple "fixer uppers" that I want to restore.

I am honeing (or more correctly "learning to hone") my own razors.

Dave

Dave,

That's great that you can shave daily like you do. I'm lucky if I can go more than 3 days without having to let my face rest for a day. Your honing skills have gotta be pretty good by now.

Ed

Originally Posted by EdinLA44

Dave,

That's great that you can shave daily like you do. I'm lucky if I can go more than 3 days without having to let my face rest for a day. Your honing skills have gotta be pretty good by now.

Ed

Thanks, but the more plausible explanation is that I am a bone headed german with a high tolerance for pain

Any sucsess I am having is certainly attributable to all the helpful folks on this forum.

Dave

Clarman and Deepweeds,

Thanks for the info. I think I have been slowly ruining the edge of the straight I recently got (first and only one). I was fortunate enough to win one from the contest and so was happy that I would be able to use that as a benchmark.
However, after trying to shave today with it (the old one...haven't received the new one yet) I KNOW that I must have ruined the edge. It was pulling so badly that I had to stop and use the Mach3.

I am surprised, because I have been getting more and more draw on the strop. I figured that I was getting a feel for it and would be getting better shaves...not sure what's happening.

I can't really afford a hone right now (college...I need the people who make Ramen noodles to make hones), so maybe I'll send it out to have it honed...
Then again, I could be putting that money towards an eventual hone purchase.
Decisions Decisions.

I am so relieved to be getting this new one from the contest so that I can continue to shave until I scrape together the money to get this one back in shape.

Originally Posted by senorswiss

I am surprised, because I have been getting more and more draw on the strop. I figured that I was getting a feel for it and would be getting better shaves...not sure what's happening.

You might be over stropping or using too much pressure. More draw is not necessarily better. I usually use the Illinois 361 which has very little draw at all and is a great strop. I think, in general, you want to find that place where the draw just begins to happen which is with a very light touch indeed and just rest inside that without going to 'deep' into the draw. I think it's better to compensate by doing a few more laps than by adding more pressure.

When you get the new razor, try stropping without any pressure or drawing sensation at all and see how that responds. You might be surprised.

X

You might be over stropping or using too much pressure. More draw is not necessarily better.

Reeeaaaally.....Ok, well I've been going at it all wrong then. I have been trying specifically to get more draw, so this is certainly valuable information.
I'll do what you said and see if I can achieve better results.
Thanks for the input.