Thread: The silent shave......

I think I am doing ok with Honing and stroping, my razors shave well, I rarely cut myself... all fine and dandy....

But most of the time I can "hear" the shave... hear the blade scraping the cheek, cutting the hair.... I hear (maybe in my mind) the terrified screams of the individual itty bitty hairs as they see the reaper coming for them......

But I do have one razor... a hollow ground 7andabit/8 Gebr. Christians that is almost silent.

It glides, cuts, sveres... and as much as I listen... it does not make a sound... the stubble are gone before they even hear it coming...

it is probably more humane that way....

Does anyone else have a silent razor?

Most real wedges and near wedge are silent, well the ones i have anyway!

I would suggest the amount of hollow has a lot to do with it. My extra hollow blades sound like velcro being torn apart but my 1/4 hollow is much quieter.

It's like driving a small sports car where you feel every pavement crack as opposed to being in a big truck where you just bounce along. The architecture of the blade in a hollow causes the noise. The wedge types damp any real feedback.

Conversley, thats why I love my Full hollow, bellied 8/8s,they sing like a scalded dawg,helps wake me up in the morn

I’ve found that the more hollow the grind and the larger the blade the more feedback/face/hand and ears receive. My near full wedge W&B is silent as a mouse; it just plows through doing its job! I always look forward to using it just for something different.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I always look forward to using it just for something different.

nothing illegal I hope ?!?!

Love the 'Silence of The Wedges"