Thread: A hollow apology

Originally Posted by Seraphim

1. Get your full hollow razor as absolutely sharp as possible.

2. Keep your skin stretched taut as Joan Rivers after her 6th face lift.

3. Keep the spine of the razor almost up against your face, practically laying it flat against your skin like as if your were honing it on your face.

4. Enjoy the feedback, and keep a very light touch.

You can't fool me! When Joan Rivers is on TV they use trick photography to blot out the turnbuckles on her shoulders. She tightens her face down for every show.

I believe my only true full hollow is a Robert Klaas (Germany), and I get my best shaves from it. That's over a Boker Red Injun and a W&B 11/16.

I can't say for sure if it's because it's full hollow, or because it's sharper than the rest, but it's my first razor, it was honed by Sham, and it shaves like a dream. For comparison's sake, my W&B was also honed by Sham -- so the benchmark should be set at even. I would say the W&B is close to full hollow but not quite -- it doesn't really "sing" like the Klaas does when it's shredding whiskers off.

Sorry for my rambling, but maybe my experience matches up with what Seraphim is saying, only that maybe I (contrary to what I originally believed) have a light touch to begin with?

I prefer full and singing hollows to heavier blades too, but yesterday I shaved for the first time with an old Wusthof 100 that's only 1/2 hollow or so and it was quite in the same league as my best hollows. I knew it would be good as the original owner went to great lengths to make sure his razor would not get displaced (name and address inscribed both on box and on scales) but it still surprised me.

Nothing beats the Otto Deutsch and the Fisher though!

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One more facelift and Joan Rivers will have a goatee!