Thread: Let's see how you hold your Razor.

Here's my hold. Traditional I guess, but it works for me.

Great Idea for a thread

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

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.

If I was a barber shaving someone else I could understand the more traditional hold but I find it very uncomfortable when shaving myself.

Originally Posted by MisterClean

Here's my hold. Traditional I guess, but it works for me.

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


Top in the back (slightly firmer)


Sides (thumb on side of tang)


Back (thumb on bottom of tang)


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

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.



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.