Thread: Shave-Readiness and ATG

Originally Posted by Rajagra

If a cartridge razor pulls, all that happens is that skin is stretched. It remains flat against the cartridge because the cartridge is also flat and being held against the face. Eventually the stretching generates enough force for the hair to be cut and the stretched skin will snap back in place, whooshing over all those blades at once, leading either to a very close shave or irritation or both. That's my theory.

I guess to stop a straight from catching you really have to stretch the skin so the blade will cut hairs before it can stretch the skin any more. It follows that the sharper the blade, the less you need to stretch.

hmm when I think pull, I think it cuts half way through the hair, then it start pulling the hair out of my face.
That hurts. Or at least that is what it feels like when I felt a pull.

Originally Posted by stdreb27

hmm when I think pull, I think it cuts half way through the hair, then it start pulling the hair out of my face.
That hurts. Or at least that is what it feels like when I felt a pull.

Ah I see. I don't really have that happen. The blade either cuts cleanly or locks in place for me.