Thread: Kamisori: how do you handle the 'other' side?

Use both sides - or if you insist on using just one, learn to hold it upside down.

But if you hold it upside down...doesn't the handle run into your jaw? Or...on the other side, into your clavicle?

Don't know - I take the simple option of using both sides. Try it and see if you can tell the difference.

Originally Posted by UKRob

Don't know - I take the simple option of using both sides. Try it and see if you can tell the difference.

Don't have on yet, didn't want to get one before understanding this particular point. I figure the japanese have figured out a way....

get a western grind kami tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

get a western grind kami tc

Got one of those coming! :-)

Whether it's western grind makes no difference - both sides of a japanese grind have bevels - it's just that they are asymmetrical. Using both sides is no difference to shaving with normal straights that have different sized bevels. That's what I was trying to get at when I suggested you try it - I can't tell the difference between the two sides of a traditional kamisori. The notion of using one-side does not make sense to my mind - and I don't want to get into a debate about tradition - the fact is if you look at videos of Japanese barbers, you will see them using both sides.