Thread: Do some razors just irritate you?

Yes..... It's called a Mach 3.

Or is it Mach 500 now?

Update:

I took the advice offered here & went back to my Cushioned Strop hone (a coarse, fast bevel-setter), then the Swaty, then green-pasted hard paddle, then denim strop, then leather (exactly the same routine I use on the Allen).

The results are pretty much the same as before. It's not that the W&B is a bad shaver--it's actually a good shaver--it's just that the Allen is better. All razors produce some irritation for me when going ATG, but the Allen produces less than the W&B. (Though I must admit I have more tendancy to cut myself with the Allen when it's freshly honed than I do with the W&B, for God only knows what reason).

I stress again, the W&B was my favorite razor before I discovered the Allen. There's nothing wrong with it, per se. Maybe there's some special hone magic that would make it as good as the Allen, if I had a wider array of hones to play with, who knows. But so far, the Allen is my favorite razor.

I'm beginning to suspect that crude, misshapen meat chopper wedges that look like the shank Vin Diesel was using in Pitch Black are just never going to be as good as blades that were shaped with more precision. I also suspect that steel making was more art than science 100 years ago, and different razors have wildly different properties. But who really knows. All this is just a wild-ass guess.

Its tough to say why one isn't performing as well as the other. I find that after a good stone honing, the razor will shave well, but feel a bit rough. After some passes on my 4 sided pasted paddle strop, it smooths out the edge alot and the shaves become smoother.

Good Luck!

Pabster

Originally Posted by northpaw

I had a razor that confounded me for two years - ever since I got it. It looked beautiful and seemed to hone up well, but I couldn't get a comfortable shave out of it for nuthin'.

Then, about a month ago, I finally solved the problem and was rewarded with wonderful shaves. Have to admit, I was so happy/relieved that I put my rotation on hold and have been solely shaving with that razor ever since.

Keep at it!

Care to reveal what the problem solver was? It might help in this situation


OP, if you wanna get rid of that w&b send me a message