Thread: Quitting after two weeks in.

Originally Posted by roughkype

The consensus on this is that it was a marketing ploy to get people to buy seven-day sets. It's a durable myth, but a myth.

The truth is that you need to rest the razors in a pyramid. It can be small and it can be made of anything, but it must be a pyramid and it must be oriented to the cardinal directions.

I found an excellent pyramid to use but alas I only have a small hand held compass and not much cardinal knowledge, is it ok if I orientate my pyramid magnetic north instead?

Well I do have to set my morning wake up alarm 30 minutes earlier now as a result of taking up straight razor shaving so that doubles my usual DE shaving time and I still find me running late for work.

So as a beginner I must admit it takes time to do my daily straight razor shave, admittedly that is not just the shave that takes the time but the preparation, stropping, cleaning, oiling etc. But I vow not to give up and looking forward to the day when I can race the whole performance and still have a BBS face and not run late for work.

I could shave at night but I want to start the day with a smooth as face which makes up for time lost.

Originally Posted by planetocean

I found an excellent pyramid to use but alas I only have a small hand held compass and not much cardinal knowledge, is it ok if I orientate my pyramid magnetic north instead?

As long as you're seeking cardinal knowledge instead of carnal knowledge you should be fine.

Originally Posted by planetocean

I found an excellent pyramid to use but alas I only have a small hand held compass and not much cardinal knowledge, is it ok if I orientate my pyramid magnetic north instead?

That's OK but if you don't adjust for magnetic declination you can warp the spine. The autumnal equinox is coming up (or vernal, for you) so you'll have a perfect east-west shadow to calibrate by. *Whew* I hope we caught this in time!

Thanks much for all the encouragement. I've been using new razors and my shaves are incredible in no time at all. My first razor is unusable at this point. but hopefully the others will last a while now that I am practicing my stropping.

As long as I can keep my blades sharp, I will be happy. I'll post another shave video soon. I am shaving much better now.

Here are some pics of my latest add ons. I bought three junk razors another Dovo (Stainless) and a Boker.

Meet with Alan as soon as you can, you'll learn a lot, plus that's the shortest way to figuring out what's the issue with your edges 'not lasting'.

Originally Posted by Blix

As already mentioned, that is just a myth. A straight certainly don't need to rest after a shave.

Shhhhh!!! yes it does! hehe your going to get me in trouble with the fionce, they need a rest :P

@ yohimnbe2 I really hope you don't give it up! And as other's shave said, don't sell them, put the said if you want to leave it for a while until you have time!

Originally Posted by gugi

Meet with Alan as soon as you can, you'll learn a lot, plus that's the shortest way to figuring out what's the issue with your edges 'not lasting'.

Will do. Cant wait.

I completed a shave in ten minutes tonight using a brand new razor. These blades are so big, one good "sweep" and one side is done. I cant believe how good shaving is when these things are sharp. I am blown away.

Just a quick thought: in the video, your blade angle looked really
shallow to me. A good point of reference is 30 degrees (or around
2 spine widths, I think), but you may find that more or less works
for you.

Originally Posted by roughkype

That's OK but if you don't adjust for magnetic declination you can warp the spine. The autumnal equinox is coming up (or vernal, for you) so you'll have a perfect east-west shadow to calibrate by. *Whew* I hope we caught this in time!

You have a true talent here as you can almost speak as much BS as me