Quote Originally Posted by calanor View Post
I think I will go to the opposite end of the spectrum and get a quater grind.
Calanor, I don't think you'll be disappointed. Last wk, a friend wanted to see what a str8 felt like, and the shave it produced. Like the beginner's guide suggests (and I agree), I told him to shave from the bottom of the side burn to the top of the jawline. I showed him how to hold the blade. He knew how to stretch from recently learning technique with a DE (he'd never tried a DE either). He gets a couple inches of lather removed and the phone rings. When I got back from the phone call, he had shaved both sides of the face, both sides of the neck, leaving only the mustache, the chin, and the line immediately below the chin. He had one raspberry below the chin, but told me he did that with the DE. He'd never held a str8 before.

They're expensive, but I can't praise the Wacker 1/4 grind enough. Others say that for a 1/4 grind, its more hollow than other 1/4 grinds, but wow is that a shaver. If you have any friends or forum members in your area that have a 1/4 grind that would let you try it, I highly recommend that. I let this friend try my str8, all soaps & creams, and several DEs. If we help each other that way, we're not going broke learning what we like best.

Please post again when you get your 1/4 grind or get to try one.