Great job rlmnshvstr8!! Way to hang in there and switch it up to get the results you are chasing! :)
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Great job rlmnshvstr8!! Way to hang in there and switch it up to get the results you are chasing! :)
I usually have to strop before finishing both my face and head if I do two passes. I am sure that it could be my honing or stropping technique, but I have had one razor professionally sharpened and purchased a relatively expensive new ones that do not seem to be any sharper than the ones I sharpened. Actually I usually just use a second razor. Mine are still not a sharp as the Feather DE blades that I used prior.
never during a SHAVE... a good sharp razor dont need that. there a guys they do that but thats only in there head that it must.
I respectfully disagree. I shave both my face and head. The hair on my chin and back of my head is particularly course. If doing two passes, I use two razors. Everyone has a different situation. I believe it is impossible to say that a razor will not get dull just because it does not on your face.
I have had at least five razors professionally honed and these fared no better.
It works for me.
I've found that the more experience you have the less you dull a razor, angle and pressure tend to wear a blade faster, I used to have to send a blade out after a couple of months , now it is more like a year , and my beard is as tough as any out there, plus I shave every day, so this could be an issue , not sure but I have never had to strop during a shave. Tc
Not to seem argumentative but I do see that some of you do not shave your head and have facial hair. There is no comparison. I am shaving the equivalent of a basketball. Attachment 219646
I am the philosopher on the right.
Not unusual, it can take a while to master stropping, up to a year. No doubt your edges and shaves will be better a year from now.
Most use too much pressure and try to go too fast. It’s not the razor or the honing…
I do shave my head thru the summer months, when I worked out in west Texas and New Mexico during the summer I found that heat and a hard hat were a bit too much so off came the head hair, and as for the face hair, only on my days off , so ya I do know. Tc
I love straight razors but, I have not even remotely tried on my head - I use a DE for that for now until I perfect my technique! I am trying to get expert level on three different styles of razors simultaneously.