Thread: Is My Straight Sharp Enough?

I recently got a used booker straight, I was told that It was honed and shave ready, I can Shave my cheeks ok but it will not remove hair around chin, I think my technique Is good and after 3rd shave I went back to my parker shavette and shaved 4 days of growth with one pass and It glided like butter, Im pretty new to straight shaving but dont want to give up, Is It possible my straight is not sharp enough?
any help greatly appreciated


Steve

My advice is to contact the person who sold you the razor , and tell them you're not happy with it , and see if they will re-hone it , for you . It could be your technique , or it could be the razor . Who knows? All I can tell you is , I've honed razors , that shaved my cheeks just fine , but fell short when I got to my chin . I had enough experience to know it wasn't my technique , so I honed them 'til they shaved my chin right .

I suspect that your razor is not sharp. Send it out to be re-honed. When my razor starts to pull and miss right under my chin, those are the two indicators that I use to tell me to get the stones out again.

thats what I thought , because when I use my parker shavette I have no problem with the chin and upper lip, I wanted to get lynn to hone my razor I hear hes the best, also With a properly honed straight will It glide like the shavette does?

Originally Posted by guesser72

With a properly honed straight will It glide like the shavette does?

It will if you drive it right.

Just Recieved a razor I bought On ebay and It was honed and I got a great shave, so Im suspecting that the booker I got was not sharp enough so Im sending it to lynn to get sharpened, what a difference when Its honed right!!! It was a great shave!!! ZEN like lol
thanks guys

Ive been straight razor shaving for about a month and a half and already have 4 straights lol, anyway I was having a problem with my upper lip and around the sides of my mouth, I just couldent seem to remove all the hair, but today somthing happened!!!!! I finally had a close great shave lol It really Is an art And I am starting to figure It out !!!!! i manuvered that straight around effortlessly and had a great shave!!! Just wanted to say thanks to everbody at this site, It has been so helpfull, I will never buy a cartridge razor again as long as i Live,

Originally Posted by guesser72

Ive been straight razor shaving for about a month and a half and already have 4 straights lol, anyway I was having a problem with my upper lip and around the sides of my mouth, I just couldent seem to remove all the hair, but today somthing happened!!!!! I finally had a close great shave lol It really Is an art And I am starting to figure It out !!!!! i manuvered that straight around effortlessly and had a great shave!!! Just wanted to say thanks to everbody at this site, It has been so helpfull, I will never buy a cartridge razor again as long as i Live,

Believe it or not , it will keep getting better . Once I started getting good shaves , I was hooked , and still am , almost 6 years later .

I am new to st8 shaving also. I have a shave ready razor honed my a well respected man on this forum. When shaving my cheeks it seems to pull or the blade does want to glide smooth, but my neck, which the beard is much thicker shaves smooth. With the type of shave I described do you think it is my tech. or the razor .

Sounds like technique RML. Your hair may grow a different direction on the neck and you dont have to stretch the skin much. Theres a lot of stretch in the cheek area and hair tends to change direction the closer you get to the jaw line.