Thread: Hanging hair test

OK I will give it a try tomorrow.

Up to the 6k on the razors I've honed I can distinctly tell the differences with the thumb pad but beyond is why I've been trying the hht. I've just been confused since the videos I've seen it works so well/easy for the person.

LMAO, That is because if it didn't work for them they don't usually make a vid hehehe

A vid of an HHT is simply bragging nothing more,, I can pop an HHT with my hair at the 1k level, it means nothing, now the wife's hair I can't pop HHT unless I have the right razor and I have stropped it really well also...

Maybe a stupid question but I've found that I can do the hht with my hair bit my wife has very fine hair and I can't do it with hers, are the hairs your using fine or coarse? Just a thought. I know its not worth much,but a try

Originally Posted by EAGLESKADU

Maybe a stupid question but I've found that I can do the hht with my hair bit my wife has very fine hair and I can't do it with hers, are the hairs your using fine or coarse? Just a thought. I know its not worth much,but a try

And that's pretty much what Glen means by calibration. Not all hairs will pass on different blades. On some of my razors I can do it ( I have fine hair ) and others won't. All shave equally well, it comes down to the shave test.

Originally Posted by Catrentshaving

And that's pretty much what Glen means by calibration. Not all hairs will pass on different blades. On some of my razors I can do it ( I have fine hair ) and others won't. All shave equally well, it comes down to the shave test.

+1 my hair is so thick it will pass the HHT on a blade that shaves like a chopping knife. Maybe not quite that dull. But well before I would consider it shave ready. I only use the HHT to judge when I am getting close to a shave test. The quieter the sound of the cut the closer to a shave test I am.