Thread: Incredibly uncomfortable - not getting better.

Originally Posted by Honeybadger

Read that this was a method of testing the smoothness/sharpness of the blade, to just wet your thumnail and lightly drag it across, to feel for uneven-ness.

Is this incorrect?

(Also shaved for quite a few times before even learning this trick)

You will probably ruin the edge if you do that to an already "shave ready" razor. That is an excellent test, but only while you are honing the razor, and should not, IMO, even be used on the smootest hones towards the end of your honing.

The edge is far more delicate than you would imagine, so the TPT (Thumb pad test) would be better when you want to check shave-readiness. Another good test is moving the razor through your hair (arm, chest, leg etc. about 1cm above the surface of your skin, and if it is shave ready, you will be slicing off quite a lot of hairs this way.

Enjoy!