Here's my hold. Traditional I guess, but it works for me.
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Here's my hold. Traditional I guess, but it works for me.
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Great Idea for a thread :tu
Will add some pics when I get home
Hmmmmm In fact your idea just gave me one too just pm'd Max we haven't done a "Themed SOTD week" in quite some time.. Perhaps we can tie this into a week of pics that show grips :hmmm:
I have different holds, depends on the part of my face I am shaving.
Kees,
Post photos please, I'm just curious, Thanks Freddie
Stropping or shaving not much difference.Attachment 266080Attachment 266079
If I was a barber shaving someone else I could understand the more traditional hold but I find it very uncomfortable when shaving myself.
Freddie,
IF I was shaving the LEFT SIDE of my face, that's how I'd hold the razor. I'll try to get one of the kids to take a pic for me but I shave with the toe toward the nose as I find it frees up my line of sight as I only shave with my dominate (right hand).
This was a fun exercise. Went through the motions to see for myself how i hold a straight. Please note these grips are for head shaving only.
Top of the head
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d55ba2fd83.jpg
Top in the back (slightly firmer)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...dfbb32e6ad.jpg
Sides (thumb on side of tang)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5fb116b7b2.jpg
Back (thumb on bottom of tang)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e16273880e.jpg
Im pretty sure there are some goofy holds that i end up doing when im trying to reach all the back hair, but these are my standards.
"Pics of Grips"
Theme week SOTD stating Sun gents get ready :tu
The first pic is of my grip for all WTG and XTG passes with either hand.
The second is when I do ATG on the neck with either hand
I do ATG on the face cross handed, last pic shows the grip I use for that.
Needed a shave anyway so I did a 4 pass and paid attention to my grips. The main change from my first post was left handed bottom to top on the right side.
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As I was paying closer attention I thought about 8-8-80 a day that I will remember forever! I hurt my right hand and wrist and although most of the time I don't think about it, it influences to this day my motions. My right wrist doesn't flex as much as my left and that influences the grips and angles I use.