Thread: Shaving problems

Hey as for your blade issues - cut and paste your issue and post it in the honing section. The guys who lurk there know a ton about edges!!

+1 to cutter, it's like working on any problem...KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle. I thought my dovo carpe diem had a bevel issue at first (had only shaved with a straight twice then), turns out it was my stropping technique I didn't roll the edge, the spine wasn't staying completely flat. Second, do you know what kind of grit your barber's hone is? If your hone is around 6k or 8k you would probably still see some of those "marks," which are actually scrath marks you are talking about (where steel has been removed at that particular grit) to the blade, and you could hone til your arm fell off, but they would still be there cause a single grit will only grind off steel to a point, and any more refining or making the edge look smoother under 100x mag (that's a good bit) is gonna require a higher grit stone or paste or whatever you use to finish with.

+1 to earcutter... 2 passes and a low pressure DE pass to finish. Mapping, stretching and take a break once and a while - let your face heal and lull those whiskers into submission.
And get a copy of Karate Kid (the movie)....it's a "wax on...wax off" thing.

Ok, so here is a map of my face...

Originally Posted by mloyd

Ok, so here is a map of my face...

That's a 2 pass+ touch up beard pattern IMHO. you will be able to get cross grain (XTG) passes in with practice, and I find them to be very effective, esp. at the neck.

A good check on the map is to get a two day stubble and re-check.

Ideally stretching is not only skin tension but pulling away from the direction of growth.
Pulling "with the grain" can just lay the beard down for many.

Wax on....Wax off...

Much better shave today! ONLY 3 PASSES! Only a few touch ups. I had two days growth, and I may need to revise my face map.

I think the razor was smoother due to my touch ups, but I certainly feel much better about my technique.

Originally Posted by mloyd

Much better shave today! ONLY 3 PASSES! Only a few touch ups. I had two days growth, and I may need to revise my face map.

I think the razor was smoother due to my touch ups, but I certainly feel much better about my technique.

Nice!! A couple more of those, and then you'll legitimately be allowed to focus on blade sharpness lol!

Congrats mloyd.

As for revising your map - it's weird isn't it? The hair direction doesn't change and yet... Well I messed a bit with the one I did before I got to my "master copy" too lol .

Originally Posted by tiddle

+1 to cutter, it's like working on any problem...KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle. I thought my dovo carpe diem had a bevel issue at first (had only shaved with a straight twice then), turns out it was my stropping technique I didn't roll the edge, the spine wasn't staying completely flat. Second, do you know what kind of grit your barber's hone is? If your hone is around 6k or 8k you would probably still see some of those "marks," which are actually scrath marks you are talking about (where steel has been removed at that particular grit) to the blade, and you could hone til your arm fell off, but they would still be there cause a single grit will only grind off steel to a point, and any more refining or making the edge look smoother under 100x mag (that's a good bit) is gonna require a higher grit stone or paste or whatever you use to finish with.

Here is my barber hone. I had put a picture of it on another thread. The discussion there was that it was an 8k stone.