Thread: sharpness question

Originally Posted by khaos

Well there are a lot of factors- the first and most important being beard hair is not head hair. Head hair might be weaker or stronger than beard hair. Also, the finer cross section means it is less stiff so it might bend before it gets cut, where as beard hair is anchored in your face and is a lot stiffer. There are lots of reasons why it might not work, but if you practice it you learn what to expect from it and then you are right.

exactly the point i'm making.he has to start and learn from somewhere.i'm saying it should be from the begining.these little razor tests are a good start point for a newb.testing a razor while shaving,although the best test,is not the best solution.hayduke,if you feel the razor is not sharp enough,what's the harm in getting lynn to tell you that it is in fact sharp.or not for that matter?i'm sure he'd be happy to help out.although i don't know him personally,i only hear good things about him.

Sometimes when I get back a honed straight, it will be sharp, but not the smoothest shave I desire. I have to treat it to some passes on my pasted strop,then the leather strop. This smooths it up a bit and finesses the alignment of the microfins. From this point, I am up and shaving and very happy with the smoothness factor and shaving performance.

Do what feels right for you!

Pabster

Originally Posted by balaban9331

exactly the point i'm making.he has to start and learn from somewhere.i'm saying it should be from the begining.these little razor tests are a good start point for a newb.testing a razor while shaving,although the best test,is not the best solution.hayduke,if you feel the razor is not sharp enough,what's the harm in getting lynn to tell you that it is in fact sharp.or not for that matter?i'm sure he'd be happy to help out.although i don't know him personally,i only hear good things about him.

I'm sure Lynn would provide superb customer service and take care of me, but I don't want to think it isn't sharp out of ignorance. The blade's shave seems to be improving over the 3 times I've used it so far, so I'm pretty sure it's fine. My technique just needs to get to the same level as Lynn's sharpening :P