Originally Posted by
Chreees
Gliding over whiskers? Sounds like you're having the problem I was having... I got a shave-ready vintage Henckels "sight-unseen" razor, but when I used it for the first time, it was not working as expected. It was just taking off the lather, not the whiskers. At least not much whiskers. I wrote about this in my shave journey thread, and everybody said it was my technique. Figured the pros here were right, so I kept at it. Second shave, not much better. Then my brother gave me his Dovo "Black Star" (which he said has not been honed since he first got it), and I gave it a light honing on a 12K barbers hone I purchased along with my "sight-unseen." Did my third shave with the the Dovo- magic. It plowed through the whiskers, leaving nothing but smoothness behind. With only one WTG pass, at that. So it was definitely my Henckels razor, IMO. I have since given that Henckels razor about 10 x-strokes on my hone, and will try to shave using it again in the next couple of days. Sounds like you're blade just isn't sharp enough.