A question for some of the older shavers
Gentlemen,
When i was young and foolish i used dubl duck razors almost exlusively, but in the last few months every time i go use them it seemsthat i get nicked. I do not have this issue with WB, bokers or Torreys that are in the rotation.
So i'm curious, now that my beard is getting rather grey it seems more coarse; could this be why my lightweight (5/8 and 4/8) DD are just not geting it cut properly? Or is this just a figment of my demensia?
any thoughts?
I do not think it is a sharpness issue
i had sent to of the DD to be honed by FUD and they came back still wanting to nick, 3 of them where done by the old (mid 70's) barber in my town (he still occasionally does shaves with a straight for people) and three of them i have done myself. they all seem to want to bite me. i have lent two to one of my nephews and he just loves the way they shave, i touched them up for him this past weekend, but he has not had any complaints.
So maybe it is just me.
Returning to the problem- solved
Gentlemen,
As was suspected early in this thread the problem was with the sharpness of the razors. As i mentioned in another thread one of my nephews has starting using a straight razor and i loaned him a couple of my dubl ducks.
It seems that before he decided on which ones he wanted he tried them all. So my guess is that he rolled the edges on them and this was the root of the problem. i finally had time take them to the norton and bench hone and on saturday i did a test shave with 4 of them and they worked perfectly.
Yes 4 razor were used on the WTG pass but the last a wonderedge was used for the rest of the shave. nice and smooth.