Thread: Question about new Thiers-Issard and technique

I have a new Thiers-Issard razor and the toe and heal are a little pointed. As I shave, if I don't keep the razor completely flat heal to toe, it can bite. More of a scratch than a cut, but still uncomfortable. Is this a normal profile for an edge, and I just need to continue working on technique? Or should I do something to round the corners off a bit?
Thanks!

It looks more or less normal to me. People have been rounding points since straight razor were invented. If you do it just take it easy and don't go overboard. You can always take more off, but you can't put it back. My way of dealing with points is to pay attention to where the point is at all times. I only use the point for detail work. I don't like a pointed heel, and would always get rid of that.

as far as technique goes, your face is always rounded, the blade is flat.... unless you want to the ends of the razor doesn't touch your face, mostly just the middle (except for spots like behind your earlobe or into your nostril)

Jimmy, to round the heal a bit -- do I just hone it a little more, add pressure on the heal? What's the best approach?
Ecormier, not sure if your just being cheeky but I wear a goatee and around my ears I need to use the ends of the blade, I also have flat places on my neck where the entire blade will come in contact with skin. Maybe keeping the blade on a parallel plain with my faces would have been a better description. The problem is where I need to use the forward or aft parts of the blades. There is a very fine line between ouch and ah.

stove, not cheeky at all. I've shaved around and inside goatees and mustaches.... and I've got a number of square/spike point razors... I've rarely caught myself

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can you imagine shaving with this?



lots of guys do without scratches or nicks....