David Uthe's hair thickness classifications
Thanks for posting that information David. I will have to do some experimenting with the different hair types you have listed. Could explain some of the mysteries I have been enjoying with razors that are "scalp hair cutting machines" but don't shave as well or as smoothly as I would have expected. While I can understand your reluctance to experiment with hair types from one's personal anatomy, I could certainly add some spice to dates or bar hopping when you explain to that new and special aquantance that you are a straight razor shaver, and to test a razor for sharpness, the only real body hair that approximates actual men's facial hair comes from......well, this is where the creative part comes in. :wink:
Bob
Hanging hair test performed.
Well, first you get a rope, then put 13 coils in it and, no wait a minute, I thought you were talking about hanging a rabbit. Seriously, the hanging hair test goes like this. With one hand you hold the razor with the cutting edge straight up towards the ceiling, or sky if'n your outside and it ain't rainin, then with the other hand you grasp a hair between the thumb and forefinger, if you still have one, and let about an inch protrude, (stick out) from your fingers and you bring the hair down over the blade edge, (try varrying speeds, ha ha) and hope it cuts the hair. Usually about the 1/4 to 1/2 inch from your thumb and finger, as mentioned in another post. Remember also, that hair from different sourses are of different thickness and coarsness. Very fine hair is very difficult to cut even with a very sharp edge, but if you can cut the hair, you probably are approaching honemeister status. Some honers just test the sharpness by shaving a small area on the hair of their arm, but the best method is generally consider to be, by actually shaving the face. That is also generally considered to be the old, "if it feels good" Clinton method, LOL.
Bob Keyes.
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Originally Posted by joe lerch
Could somebody explain the hanging hair test in detail. It's not just cuting an arm hair, right? How do you hang the hair?