Thread: When shave testing to evaluate a razor isn't an ideal answer.

What is the shave test????

This has been written a few times but it never hurts to post it again...

Don't confuse the shave test with shaving, a shave test is just that, it is designed to test a blade... Starting with the absolute best prep you can muster up, using the best lather you can make... Wet the face well, we call it wet shaving for a reason, then lather the dominant side of your face as perfectly as you can, let it sit, wait, wait, wait, about 2-3 whole minutes, now with a hot wet wash cloth apply that over the lather... Leave it there until it cools... Re-wet the face, yes it should be dripping, re-lather that side, now with as perfect a stroke as you can possible manage, concentrating on the perfect angle, (two spine width from the face) do one stroke from sideburn line to jaw line as perfectly smooth as you can... That is a shave test now concentrate and try the other side...

What I just wrote is for beginners, if you were honing you own blades and a bit more advanced then this changes to a bit more of a challenging test

I didn't even know I had a dominant side of my face!