Originally Posted by
Slur
The shave test is useful only for regular straight shavers and not for beginners. You have to be confident with your technique in order to be able to judge the performance of the razor in every shave.
The HHT has a simplified outcome, the hair is cut, or the hair is not cut, but the shave test is not so simple.
The newbie will doubt the edge if the razor doesn’t pass the HHT, if it passes it, he will focus to the technique.
I am only saying that it is normal for a new straight shaver without experience to doubt everything, the edge, the razor, the technique, the whole straight shaving concept.
The only way to be sure that the edge is not the problem is to buy the razor, or send it to a highly experienced razor honing expert, and leave the tests, including the shave test, for later. :beer1: