Thread: A question for you head shavers

Originally Posted by maddafinga

It's not that my hair is coarse, it's actually pretty normal texture I think. It's that it's so thick. I have two or more hairs growing out of most follicles. It kills clippers at an alarming rate too.

Wish I had that problem. Mine seems to have started to disappear...

I've only used a straight a hand full of times on my head. I've found the heavy grinds, wedges and 1/4 hollow, blast through the hair effortlessly and retain their edges well. The downside to that is that they are not forgiving at all. Expect some blood learning the strokes.

Originally Posted by robellison01

I've only used a straight a hand full of times on my head. I've found the heavy grinds, wedges and 1/4 hollow, blast through the hair effortlessly and retain their edges well. The downside to that is that they are not forgiving at all. Expect some blood learning the strokes.

Do you have any recommendations on a decent Wedge or 1/4 Hollow blade? It seems almost every blade I look at these days are full hollow. I'm not to worried about the lack of forgiveness as I imagine a wedge ground to be similar in rigidity to the shavette type razor I was using before this..

I've never used a shavette, but aren't those extremely thin blades you use in them? Like a DE but for a straight razor?

there were a lot of different makers of wedges or heavier grinds, but the majority of them are going to be vintage blades (unless you go custom).

Thanks Twisted Oak. I'm going to head out to the antique malls today to see if there are any finds to be had. Yes typically a shavette blade is very thin but the one I has sandwiches the blade between 2 metal plates which makes for a rigid shaving edge.

Very similar to this one:
Coolcut4 Sanguine razor - YouTube