Thread: Razor Tip: squared or rounded

After a recent thread with another new-ish shaver, I'm inclined to suggest the square tip to start off with. You WILL nick yourself at some point with any razor. The round tips are more forgiving only at the tip, otherwise they're just as sharp and apt to nick/slice/cut you as a square tip. My first real nick came when I just barely caught my ear lobe with a square tip. It bled like crazy, but didn't hurt, didn't scar, and didn't even leave a perceptible scab, but it reminded me how careful I need to be while shaving.

I think if you do start with a round point and then somewhere along the line you pick up a square point, you'll need to be mindful that some of the muscle memory you've built up shaving with a round point, may need to be altered. On the other hand, if you start with a square and then pick up a round, you aren't going to have any re-learning to do.

JMHO

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