Thread: Straight razor headshave *video*

Great video! I was unable to get the hang of this despite Jimbo's sage advice, & went back to the DE as my head-shaving tool of choice. This inspires me to give it another go.

Very well done shave. Have you tried a regular straight? I am thinking it would be better for your skin. Those Feathers can be brutal.


Take Care,
Richard

I do not have enough courage to use a straight on my head yet (maybe with time I will). I say to you job well done, I enjoyed watching the video.

Originally Posted by riooso

Very well done shave. Have you tried a regular straight? I am thinking it would be better for your skin. Those Feathers can be brutal.


Take Care,
Richard

I have several regular straights, that I also use. If you know how to control the feather, its not hard on your skin at all, as a matter of fact, its the razor the gives me the least skin irritation/razor burn.

Originally Posted by lincoln233

I do not have enough courage to use a straight on my head yet (maybe with time I will). I say to you job well done, I enjoyed watching the video.

Thank you, I am glad you liked it. All things in time, no need to rush it.

Hey Pastor, have you ever tried shaving your head when you have a lot of growth, like 5 mm? I can do an OK job if I do it every 2 days, but if I let it go for a while, I do a very spotty job, and I also wreck the edge of my blade less than halfway through the shave. I don't have this problem when I shave my face; I actually get a better shave if I have more growth. Any words of wisdom?

Originally Posted by Johnny J

Hey Pastor, have you ever tried shaving your head when you have a lot of growth, like 5 mm? I can do an OK job if I do it every 2 days, but if I let it go for a while, I do a very spotty job, and I also wreck the edge of my blade less than halfway through the shave. I don't have this problem when I shave my face; I actually get a better shave if I have more growth. Any words of wisdom?

I used to shave my head with a straight every other day, and while enjoyable I also found that it was wrecking my edges. I'm thin on the crown but elsewhere my hair is quite thick. After weeks of experimenting thinking that it might be technique, I finally threw in the towel and bought my first DE strictly for head shaving.

That said, I didn't even think to try a Feather, so perhaps I'll add that to my arsenal someday. Thanks for the great videos, Pastor!

Dude, Thomas.....again I say it; you have real big ones to put a Feather to your head.
In another video you mentioned that you don't like the Headblade. What experience have you had with it, and why don't you like it? I use it every once in a while and it works pretty good. I liked the way it glides better than a mach3 on my head (it would stick more than the headblade and get caught up on my hair).

Originally Posted by salazch

Dude, Thomas.....again I say it; you have real big ones to put a Feather to your head.
In another video you mentioned that you don't like the Headblade. What experience have you had with it, and why don't you like it? I use it every once in a while and it works pretty good. I liked the way it glides better than a mach3 on my head (it would stick more than the headblade and get caught up on my hair).

Hehe.
Well about the headblade, I just feel that the angle is off. When I put the headblade in my finger and hold it like you are supposed too, and run it over my head, I dont get a close shave.
If I want that I have to hold the headblade between my fingers and use it as a regular multiblade. That is not very convinient. Besides that, I find the blades to be a little rough.

Greetings Pastor (and other head shavers)

Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and I usually do a head shave to mark it's arrival. I like to head shave during the summer months and this marks the beginning for me. However the old Mach 3 really goes through blades and they're too expensive these days.

Had been wondering about the logistics of a Str8 head shave and found your video. Read a few other posts and have been waiting for today to give it a try.

Used the same Bengall that I use for my face. Looking forward to trying a wedge that I have out being honed.

SUCCESS ! The odd tinge of pink in the lather, can't see the back of my head but SWMBO assures me it's not butchered. No major missed patches either.

It's been about 10 days since a close clipper shave so there was probably a bit much hair to get a good feel for how this was going to work out. First pass debulked everything down to where I felt I could actually "shave" properly. The second pass went surprisingly well and both ears are still attached.

Interesting thinking about what is happening here. Watching you go from front to back it struck me that the stroke starts off ATG then switches to WTG at the crown. Once you move away from centre a lot of the strokes are XTG.

All in all I am happy with my first attempt and looking forward to the next shave with just stubble as a starting point. Only right handed today but will start experimenting with the left later - it seems to work OK on my face.

To anyone else tempted... it really isn't as hard as you imagine.