Thread: Significant or not?

I have a definitive test for everyone wanting to know if their razor is shave ready.

Send me your razors and for a nominal fee you will get an expert shave test from an SRP ShaveMeister. No more worries about technique or did my HHT pop correctly. You can also purchase an annual subscription where a ShaveMeister will periodically do scheduled test shaves and maintenance.*

Don't trust your razor to just anyone, we've got the Meister touch, YEAH!

*Any maintenance required will assess additional fees. Please contact the ShaveMeister in your area for details.

Now that I expressed my inner troll a bit.

RE: HHT discussion 1,213,215,321

The HHT can be a valuable test to an experienced honer. To the untrained hand though, it can lead to tears and blood.

Through years of scientific research I have learned that shave ready razors will pass my HHT test, but not all razors that pass HHT are shave ready.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

I have a definitive test for everyone wanting to know if their razor is shave ready.

Send me your razors and for a nominal fee you will get an expert shave test from an SRP ShaveMeister. No more worries about technique or did my HHT pop correctly. You can also purchase an annual subscription where a ShaveMeister will periodically do scheduled test shaves and maintenance.*

Don't trust your razor to just anyone, we've got the Meister touch, YEAH!

*Any maintenance required will assess additional fees. Please contact the ShaveMeister in your area for details.

Please keep offers for service to PMs.


I've tried hanging hairs, but with rope that small it's hard to tie a noose.

Originally Posted by Guero

But how do you define if a great or bad shave comes from the razor itself or from the sharpening?

You have to eliminate the sharpening as a variable. So I get both razors sharpened really well and then I know which one is better

Originally Posted by Guero

So the baseline is don’t bother too much with that test.

But how do you define if a great or bad shave comes from the razor itself or from the sharpening?

Thanks.

+1 to Jimmy's reply. He makes a very valid point about the "do not use" razors. If your razor is not on that list (and yours are not), then getting a comfortable shave should not be a problem. Dovo's IME are great shavers. So let assume that we can rule out the razor brand. Now your comfortable shave will be determined by two main factors: The edge of the razor, and your shaving technique. Again, assuming your technique is good, then we can turn to the sharpening. Likewise, if you sent that razor out to a reputable honemeister for maintenance and your shaves are less than stellar, we need to look at your technique.

I believe that the goal of straight shaving is a comfortable, irritation free shave. In order to do this, I need to "test" during the honing process. I use the methods mentioned by Ace (TNT, TPT), and following an HHT of my calibration, I shave test. It's not a complete shave. It's usually one or two strokes on different areas of my beard, and if there is any discomfort I stop immediately and put the razor back into the "honing pile" with a mental note of what needs to be done next.

As Jimmy also stated, for those who have many different razors, each one has it's own personality on your skin. You can most definitely feel the difference as you shave, which causes many of us to quantify these razors as "good, better, my best shaver".

I'd love to write more, but I'll be late for work.