Thread: Hello all😃

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Originally Posted by monkeypuzzlebeefeater

30 degrees is a rough guide. I have no idea what 30 degrees looks like. However the solution is simple.....


Start with the blade almost flat on the face, as you practice raise the angle a bit at a time until you find the most comfortable point. Then it's simply a case of repetition. Practice what is comfortable and works.

I second that. If the blade feels like it's sticking to your face your angle is to acute. Increase the angle away from your face. Sounds common sense but when you're starting out it happens. If the angle is to large the blade will feel like it wants to skip across your face. The natural instinct for the newbie is to increase pressure on the blade, to keep it from skipping. But if you do that your likely to nick yourself. You don't want the blade in a position where you're scraping it across your face. Resist the urge to increase the pressure on the blade. Very little pressure on the blade is needed. Decrease the angel of the blade. After a few days you won't need to think about it much at all.

Monkeypuzzle beat me to it. Start flat and slowly increase. The angle will also change slightly depending on which area you are shaving and which direction you are shaving in.

The library has a bunch of things written to be understood. Here is a post there about your question:
Category:Shaving -

Lots more there too:
Straight Razor Place Library
Have Fun, and take a break after a couple minutes..better to move forward slowly and enjoy the process than to go too fast and give up!
~Richard

So if I'm understanding don't shave the whole face just a small area like Lynn says. Is this correct?

I would say Lynn's advice is a sure bet. I'm new here too. In the end I think it all comes down to how comfortable you are. For me I lathered up with the intention of doing just as Lynn had advised in the video. For me though My first pass went well and I felt I got the feel for the angle on the first pass so I went ahead and went the rest of the way. Though what I can tell you is I probably would have been better served to do as Lynn said and just stick with the one stroke down from the sideburns. Because although I made it through the full face shave I did leave my skin in an irritated condition due to pour blade angle and just general lack of the skills required. Subsequently my next two shaves I did the cheeks only then when I went for my next full face shave things came out much better. I think his advice is spot on to ensure you gain the confidence and understanding of what is needed to use a SR. first before tackling the entire face.

I think so too. What Lynn is trying to do is give a person a good foundation. So as to enjoy SR shaving. What I like is that there is real knowledge here. I'm tapping into that knowledge. I've got beginners stuff thus far but don't feel slighted. Reason being is that a person has to start somewhere.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Monkeypuzzle beat me to it. Start flat and slowly increase. The angle will also change slightly depending on which area you are shaving and which direction you are shaving in.

Lol Ed to be fair I'm probably just pretty much saying something I'll have read you say some place else