Thread: Tearing me up.

My DOVO Bismark from SRD is absolutely fine...... Go through WIKI and even have a look at some or the vids available.

It shouldn't be tearing your face up... what do you mean in terms of the 'damage'? Razor burn...nicks.. slices.

This is the place to be anyway in terms of solving problems... a lot of great members!

Keep at it and best of luck!

Originally Posted by baldie

My DOVO Bismark from SRD is absolutely fine...... Go through WIKI and even have a look at some or the vids available.

It shouldn't be tearing your face up... what do you mean in terms of the 'damage'? Razor burn...nicks.. slices.

By "damage" I meant that it feels like it is pulling every hair from my face and leaving gaping, bleeding holes behind and there is massive razor burn.(especially on the neck) There really hasn't been any nicks or cuts yet. I'll give it a good stropping today and put all of this new-to-me information to use. Thanks everyone.

Make sure you check out the videos here (on the Wiki?) before you strop. I'm still working on getting the feel of stropping. It can either refresh the edge or make it painfully dull, if done incorrectly. And the difference between doing it right and wrong can be subtle.

MrClean,
Welcome to SRP. I am still a newbie--3 1/2 months into the straights and I'm just now starting to get some pretty decent, consistent results--for me it was practice, practice, practice. There is some great advise in this thread--stretch the skin and give it time. Don't give up!

In addition to all of the great advice so far, I would add one thing that helped me a great deal.

With regard to angle, pay attention to the *spine* of the blade as opposed to the edge. The edge is on your face and obscured, if you watch how far the spine is from your face, you can keep the angle better. Helped me anyway

Once you get a bit farther in, the angle will speak to you through the feel of the razor against your skin.

Perhaps watching for the right angle is not as easy/helpful as feeling for it. I learned by laying the blade flat on my face and gradually raising the spine as I shaved until I could hear the whiskers being dispatched.

Ya, I will definitely be giving this some more attention. As soon as the face heals and the hair grows back I will update. =) Thank you everyone for all the thoughtful advice.

Originally Posted by ace

Perhaps watching for the right angle is not as easy/helpful as feeling for it. I learned by laying the blade flat on my face and gradually raising the spine as I shaved until I could hear the whiskers being dispatched.

Awesome advice.... can I second this!!!