Hair too soft for HHT

[furir]

Hi all,

I have three razors so far and all of them shaves really really well, however, none of them can perform a HHT with the hair from my head, the pubic hair is no problem at all (I had to try). Can one's hair actually be too soft for HHT?

I went to my barber yesterday and tried my luck with his razor, same thing, my hair wouldn't be cut while other peoples hair could.

[mainaman]

depending on how keen the edge is the razor may or may not pass the HHT.
HHT is not at all conclusive test on how well the razor shaves, the shave test is the true test.

[BKratchmer]

It's entirely possible. Hair is variable, and as such the "hanging hair test" is nop objective test at all...


...its a parlor trick sack-of-shite. Really. It looks great, but it has no bearing on how well a razor shaves. And I put it so bluntly because in the last month or so it seems like every beginner has taken to hyper-analyzing their new razor because they don't think it could possibly be, say, their technique that's the problem...

[furir]

I had to ask 'cos I have a folding knife that is honed on a much coarser hone then my razors and I can shave with it, it tugs a bit, but still.

[JimmyHAD]

Try HHT with a new DE blade. If you can't do it with that you probably can't do it with anything.

[furir]

Try HHT with a new DE blade. If you can't do it with that you probably can't do it with anything.

There's no problem with a DE blade but that is so much thinner so I guess it can grab the hair much easier, right?

[ursus]

As said time and again, HHT is not something one should get stuck upon. I have exactly the same problem. But testing the edge with a hair can be a valuable tool when you learn to do it consistently with your hair.

[stimpy52]

Hi all,

I have three razors so far and all of them shaves really really well, however, none of them can perform a HHT with the hair from my head, the pubic hair is no problem at all (I had to try). Can one's hair actually be too soft for HHT?

I went to my barber yesterday and tried my luck with his razor, same thing, my hair wouldn't be cut while other peoples hair could.

Nope. Today I will not reach for the low-hanging fruit. Must run away.

[joebehar]

Hi all,

the pubic hair is no problem at all (I had to try).

This is ever so tempting, but I'll resist.

I'm going with the view that if it gives you a good shave, its honed properly.