Thread: The time has come...

I would go with something on the wider side. A beard will soak up lots of lather and you will have to wipe the blade often. A wide blade will hold a bit more of it between wiping. Whip up tons of lather too.

I bring out my 6/8 Boker when I have more than 4 or 5 days growth. It's a full hollow but nevertheless fairly stiff in the blade and ideally suited to mowing down thick whiskers. I think the advice to go for a wider razor is sound in that you'll have a lot of lather and hair building up quickly on the blade. Make sure whatever you choose is on the sharp side

shave went fantastically, left a mo for something interesting. started out with the geo savage wedge that mowed down all the long hair with ease, and i tidied up with the torrey. both were beautifully sharp. had one nic from lack of recent practice.

a lot of hair to remove so had to wipe/wash the razor very regularally. hot water, a simpson brush, razor rock "the beach" soap and the llama strop rounded out the experience