Thread: First shave with a frameback and impressions/questions

Originally Posted by Bordee

edhewiitt,

You speak very highly of that frameback you use. What's the blade?

I have a J.A. Hellberg that I got from a member here. However I have no reference point to compare it to any other framebacks, and very few other types of razor to compare it too.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I don't know exactly, maybe I just didn't like the other 2 razors I have, I can certainly say that for one of them. And I can't speak of framebacks in the plural as the one I have is the only one I have used. It is certainly the widest razor I have, but not by much, and also the thinnest so it could be either, none, or both of those factors, or because it is a light but stiff blade.
I do find that the smile in the blade makes shaving my neck a lot easier, so perhaps that is why. The negative of that is that cutting my sideburns straight is made harder by that smile.
Hmm certainly made me think there Frankie.

I was reading that and thought.....hmmmm....then you hit it....yes, a smile does make shaving the neck easier....and I have one frameback, and it is an awesome blade, I find the fact that the blade is inserted into the spine, makes the ATG pass much easier.......

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

. I thought it was a good razor and shaved very well, but with a very different feel.

+1. They feel like a 1/2 hollow to me - which feels odd - but shaves really well. The rigidity of a heavy grind w/ the weight of a full hollow.

Originally Posted by pinklather

+1. They feel like a 1/2 hollow to me - which feels odd - but shaves really well. The rigidity of a heavy grind w/ the weight of a full hollow.

Thank you for a different description of a frameback's shave, pink. I've been describing it in terms of voice and with a frameback you have to listen closely to hear it's song, a very quiet song. And yes, like a 1/2 hollow.