When you start to know

It is a good feeling when you start to know that it is the razor and not a myriad of other variables that is making for a sub par shave. I am 6 months in and am starting to be confident enough of my shaving technique and stropping ability that when I got a sub par slightly irritating 3 pass shave this morning I took it to mean the edge needed a tune up.

Some work on a 12000 Naniwa and Crox pasted strop followed by a regular stropping and a 1 pass test shave gave a comfortable irritation free shave. Yea, it did remove whiskers left behind by the slightly irritating 3 pass sub par previous shave.

I only mention this to reinforce the idea that for other beginners it can take quite a while for everything to start to come together. Think in terms of months and not days and that is shaving everyday. But then not everyone is a slow learner like myself, YMMV.

Bob

I don't think you are slow. Last seven months daily sometimes twice and I am just now getting good complete smooth shaves. I figure in a couple of more years the exact cause of my effects will become evident as they occur without cogitating and face rubbing and razor checking.

Bob,

You're right on target!

There are so many variables present to the new shaver. It does take time to get it together. I think it was Birnando that said something to the effect of: I was getting good shaves at 3 months and thought I knew quite a bit, and then at 6 months I realized how little I actually knew at 3.

B, if I didn't get that totally correct I apologize. I sort of remember something to that extent from another thread some time ago.