Thread: Base line sharpness

Originally Posted by Castel33

Where did you get straight from?
(K) Mensbiz on-line in OZ, but picked it up personally.

Was it honed by a pro at some point?
(K) Yes, one of the forum members, recently.

Did it shave nice when you first got it?

(K) Reasonably, but was pulling a bit, hence got it honed just before Xmas. The first few shaves after the honing were nice, but seems to have reverted back to pre honing sharpness. I'm checking my stropping technique to see if that's the culprit.

cheers, K

Stropping is often the culprit with those symptoms. If I honed it please send it back & will touch up F.O.C.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Stropping is often the culprit with those symptoms. If I honed it please send it back & will touch up F.O.C.

Thanks for your kind offer, onimaru55, no, it wasn't you that honed it, and as mentioned before, it was great after the honing for a little while (so was honed very well), which sort of points to my own stropping :-(

cheers,
K

No probs. Stropping is a bit of a challenge at first.
My offer holds even tho i didn't hone it but maybe whoever did it will help you out too. Doesn't sound like a big job.

Alot of times when I noticed something I didn't like during the shave it usually happened when I didn't stretch the skin enough or if I was using too much pressure.

Originally Posted by JSmith1983

Alot of times when I noticed something I didn't like during the shave it usually happened when I didn't stretch the skin enough or if I was using too much pressure.

Hi JSmith1983 - that's a thought, as the Shavette is ultra light and I may (unconsciously) be using very little pressure compared to the heavier St8. I'll check during tomorrow's shave. Many thanks!

After responding to this post I decided to shave and wouldn't you know I was leaving the skin loose and pressing pretty hard. You would think that I would know better especially after posting about doing exactly that.