Thread: Just received my new Kamisori

Wow very nice Kamisori, congrads and hope you enjoy it!

Originally Posted by Silents

In his video, Glenn uses the term, scary sharp. And he was absolutely correct. I went to go shave some hairs off my arm and didn't realize that the kamisori had cut, !

That sounds like you are on the right track

Whatever pressure you are used to using regardless of how light you think it is, dial it way back for a Kamisori,,, I like to imagine a film of water between my skin and the lather, I try to skim right along that and it seems to work for me the best...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

That sounds like you are on the right track

Whatever pressure you are used to using regardless of how light you think it is, dial it way back for a Kamisori,,, I like to imagine a film of water between my skin and the lather, I try to skim right along that and it seems to work for me the best...

What was "nice" was that if I put to much pressure on the Welsh stones, they squealed a bit.

Ok, with a 6am flight tomorrow morning, I decided I'd shower and shave tonight, with the Kamisori. Using T&F Luxury PS OIL and Soap with a few hot towels, I was able to get a passable shave with my Kamisori in 2 passes and a few touch ups. No blood, no irritation. Ima happy guy.

I will say, I felt like I was using a straight razor for the first time again. At one point, I sat there so long trying to strategize how I was going to shave the right side of my neck (2nd pass) that my soap dried on my neck.

A whole lot of new contortions to learn, to make this a more fluid process.

Thanks for all of the advice and compliments. Special thanks to Glenn for the honing videos!

Originally Posted by razorguy

Don't worry about that, you are not alone here. We all ended up having bald arms while trying to figure out how to hone a razor. I guess, this is the price we all had to pay. You try again and again, cutting arm hair one after another and you realize what you have done when it is too late!

Uhmmm..... My legs suffered the same disorder as I ran out of arm hair....

Silents,
It took me a few runs, my XTG runs from the ear to chin on my left side and a few spots XTG I still have not quite mastered.
Now thanks to a curious 11 year old I have a ding to take out,
due to his lack of attention while putting back something in a manor to make sure DAD did not know he was messing with things he knows better than to mess with....

Post facto I think he learned this lesson......

Originally Posted by pfries

Silents,

Now thanks to a curious 11 year old I have a ding to take out,
:

Post facto I think he learned this lesson......

I hope your son is ok, no new battle wounds!

No he just takes a real interest in straights (which I try to nurture future straight shaver starting out right).
He wanted to check it out again as I had made it a permanent home in a block of weathered barn wood and did not set it down straight dinging the edge.
I did not think it was as bad as it was until I touched it to the 12k and the ding turned into a chip

I know...I know... this too shall pass (the hone a few hundred times)

Originally Posted by Silents

I will say, I felt like I was using a straight razor for the first time again. At one point, I sat there so long trying to strategize how I was going to shave the right side of my neck (2nd pass) that my soap dried on my neck.

A whole lot of new contortions to learn, to make this a more fluid process.

You are right. That makes me think about the first time I used a kamisori. Although I had been using a straight razor for many years, I realized shaving with a kamisori required a truly different technique. It changes the way you think about shaving and all the three passes have to be done with a different strategy.
You need a different approach also because you cannot use your left hand - the omote is always the side to be in contact with the skin - and this changes the way you move your hand and head.
Kamisori is however very effective in shaving and this is probably the best reward for learning a new technique.