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,Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterClean
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.
My hold varies a lot. It depends on what part of my face on what pass. Here are the three that I mostly use.
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Simple and effective.
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Standard hold. Of course I switch hands for the other side of the face. This hold is for cheeks down past jaw-line.
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Next is neck in downward stroke. I use a twisting motion so I can try and work from top to bottom in toward the middle.
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Last one is up stroke for all of the face. I try not to put any pressure on the little finger. Just to hold the razor still.
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Interested in how other do it too. Might find something that will work better for certain strokes.
I hold mine in the same manner as the Gasman.
I'm completely ambidextrous with my shaving. What one hand does on one side of the face the other does on its side of the face. My routine hasn't changed in well over 40 years. My four pass is two down WTG and two up ATG. Standard hold WTG and scales straight out ATG. I tried XTG a couple of times but quickly found out that I'm not a contortionist.
Most times, like this.....
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This is a great thread. Being new to the SR i hold it the "traditional" way 2 fingers on the top and thumb on the bottom. I've been struggling to figure out how to work ATG on my neck and never thought about switching the grip.
Shave across the neck at an angle is what I need to do to get even closer shave but it just dont happen for me. I've tried many way of holding the razor and I just cant figure out how to do it. Guess this is why I stop and enjoy a C.C.S. Shave and not B.B.S.
My primary hold
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My secondary hold for S2N passes
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I usually only do 2 passes. Not typical of how most do. 1st pass is from nose/mouth towards ear and south to north on neck. Then 2nd pass is just the opposite.
1st pass grip for cheeks
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1st pass grip for neck
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Grip for all of 2nd pass
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This is my main grip for everything but ATG on the right side, there I use a Kamisori type grip.
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I use this grip for WTG and XTG passes. I switch hands for each side of my face. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9d86bfd0f5.jpg
Here's my hold I use both hands and both grips are exactly the same.
http://i.imgur.com/sKs27Of.jpg
This is the grip I use for WTG north to south passes for both hands.
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ATG grip south to north passes for both hands.
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been using a straight for a year now only tried ATG a few times, never could find a decent way to hold. this should help!
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