Thread: HHT for baldies

soon I'm going to start to try honing (already subscribed myself in the honing-course from the koordenwinkel here in Antwerp. ) and since as a standard you guys set forward the HHT (hanging hair technique) I was wondering what you'd propose a 'hair-challenged masculine man' (aka almost bald ) to use.

Would a pencil suffice, those are pork hairs or could I just get a cheap boar brush and use one of those hairs? (no, I don't have a victim to scalp nearby )

Anyway, thx for your tips.

Get them from a hairdresser's or your S.O.'s hairbrush!

Good luck!

no S.O. and pretty balding, so no 'dressing' being done anymore

was just wondering wether something like boars hairs would be similar.

Yes they would. In any case the ultimate test is the shaving test. If it shaves without tugging/pulling, it's ready.

In my experience bristle of an old brush is more friable than human hair. In other words: all my razors that pass the HHHT (i.e. hanging human hair test) pass the HBBT (i.e. hanging brush bristle test) but cerrtainly not the other way round!

I have never used a badger brush so I do not know about badger hairs.

A boar brush bristle is a lot thicker than the hairs from my head, and I have pretty thick hair. A thick hair will catch and cut easier because it presents more resistence to the blade. A thinner hair will bend if the blade's not sharp enough.

So the boar bristle HHT is probably better than nothing, but a boar hair is a lot thicker than a beard hair.

Even for those of us with hair, finding a loose hair can be hard. Unless you want to just yank one out whenever you need it.

I didn't want to do that, so when I cut my hair last time (I use Wahl clippers, and I've gotten pretty good over the years), I grabbed a handful of thick hairs newly trimmed from the top part of my head. I sealed them in a plastic bag, and now I have like a 10 year's supply.

I'd suggest going to a barber or something, if you're OK with the idea of grabbing someone else's hair.

The HHT is fickle, I've found, because hairs have a lot of variation in thickness. The hair on the sides of my head is thinner, and my best honing efforts so far won't cut a thin hair.

Good luck,
Josh

Originally Posted by joshearl

The HHT is fickle, I've found, because hairs have a lot of variation in thickness. The hair on the sides of my head is thinner, and my best honing efforts so far won't cut a thin hair.

Good luck,
Josh

That's the problem I have with most hairs when trying to find one in a brush.
Beard hairs are even thicker than scalp hair, so I always look for a thick one for the HHT.

hmm, my razors don't cut the hairs on my arm by just touching them, that's for sure. Not even Mr. Crowley's razor did that for me, but it shaves great.

I honed 1 razor, I think to a good shaving level, will try soon. It'll be a gift for a friend so it has to be a good shave.

Harold,

I have very fine, almost blond, hair on my arms, and I haven't been able to get a razor to cut it without touching my skin. Even a razor that AFDavis honed for me, which breaks any hair from my head with the slightest touch, won't cut my arm hair.

I'm getting better at interpreting how the razors shave my arm when I do let the edge touch my skin, though. If it shaves my arm hair effortlessly and cleanly, without pulling, then it's time to try the HHT.

Josh

I am bald, so I use my dog's hair. Works great as he has 3 hair thicknesses so I can monitor my sharpening progress based on how easily the blade cuts each grade of hair.

Philip