Quote Originally Posted by cpcohen1945 View Post
Suggestions:

1. Stretch the skin in front of the razor. Otherwise, the angle of attack _at the edge_ will change, and the razor will be trying to dig into skin, instead of cutting hair. Not good !

2. Use a lower angle (flatter blade) than you think is correct. If razor just glides over beard, make the angle a little steeper.
Charles
Sounds like incredibly good advice. Thanks!
If I think about it, I am pretty sure that the "stop" effect was due to angle of attack, and the weight of the blade pushing up a bump of skin in front of itself. With a DE razor I am subconsciously slightly changing the angle just by feel as needed. I have to get used to reading (hearing, seeing, feeling) the "feedback" from the straight blade in the same way. As a woodworker I can skim off a thousandth of an inch of wood with a hand held tool on a lathe spinning at 2000rpm... just by "feel". Same kind of thing in many ways, getting the angle correct. Its just repetition and practice doing it right. The only problem with shaving, is having to wait 24 hours before repeating the experiments.

Rod