Thread: Shaving geometry

Originally Posted by honedright

...a guillotine type angle. I think this is also important, in addition to angling the blade away from the skin.

I've found that the angles below, when incorporated into your shaving technique, really help in providing a smooth, comfortable shave.

Scott

Indeed...kind of like a skew angle on a chisel or plane...or the way you angle a kitchen knife (now I'm in foreign territory...the kitchen!). And this too gets adjusted as you go like thebigspender said.

Great stuff...part of what I love about this madness...getting better with time, experience, and an occassional failure thrown in for humility and re-inforcement. It's worth it, eh?!

If was just a matter of picking up a straight and shaving with it like a DE
it wouldn't be the art that it is and poor lynn wouldn't have a site we would all be over at B&B arguing the fine points about DEs. Its all those little things that you just have to learn on your own through trial and error no matter how well intentioned the advice that makes this more of a fraternity. Maybe we should have a secret handshake or saying or some secret code eh? Lynn could be the Grand Kahuna and we could have deputy kahuna's and we can all wear a fez.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Maybe we should have a secret handshake or saying or some secret code eh? Lynn could be the Grand Kahuna and we could have deputy kahuna's and we can all wear a fez.

And a pledge to get good shaves and help people get theirs and stuff. I am so down with that!

X

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

If was just a matter of picking up a straight and shaving with it like a DE
it wouldn't be the art that it is and poor lynn wouldn't have a site we would all be over at B&B arguing the fine points about DEs. Its all those little things that you just have to learn on your own through trial and error no matter how well intentioned the advice that makes this more of a fraternity. Maybe we should have a secret handshake or saying or some secret code eh? Lynn could be the Grand Kahuna and we could have deputy kahuna's and we can all wear a fez.

YES!!! A fez! That's exactly what we need. But not a plain red one like what the Shriners have. What we need is a... plaid fez. Metallic plaid. Let's see; purple, orange and green. And kilts! Yes, kilts! But instead of plaid they would be dark brown with flourescent blue polka dots. Bagpipes! Ceremonial daggers! Chihuahuas as mascots! Then we'd really stand out in a crowd!

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

YES!!! A fez! That's exactly what we need. But not a plain red one like what the Shriners have. What we need is a... plaid fez. Metallic plaid. Let's see; purple, orange and green. And kilts! Yes, kilts! But instead of plaid they would be dark brown with flourescent blue polka dots. Bagpipes! Ceremonial daggers! Chihuahuas as mascots! Then we'd really stand out in a crowd!

Consider matching the kilts with Hawaiin shirts - with pineapples. After all, the title is Grand Kahuna... I'm here for the pig roast...

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

If was just a matter of picking up a straight and shaving with it like a DE
it wouldn't be the art that it is and poor lynn wouldn't have a site we would all be over at B&B arguing the fine points about DEs. Its all those little things that you just have to learn on your own through trial and error no matter how well intentioned the advice that makes this more of a fraternity. Maybe we should have a secret handshake or saying or some secret code eh? Lynn could be the Grand Kahuna and we could have deputy kahuna's and we can all wear a fez.

And our fraternal "song" is the sweet sounds the razor itself sings.

And my wife thought I was strange-