Thread: The sound of shaving

A little more time into straight shaving and I've become so fond of using the sound to let me know when a spot is smooth I almost never use a razor other than the Dovo 5/8" I got from SRD. It provides a very loud "knife on toast" sound. I have another razor I got off ebay that is almost as loud. It has a blade edge that is 2.5" long. I cleaned the blade up a lot (not mirror) and made a handle for it. I love that razor too. I did see a little "miniature" razor on ebay that I wanted but missed the final bidding time. I wanted to try it just because it was little. When I bought the razor with the 2.5" blade I didn't realize it was a half inch shorter. The only other razors I have than the Dovo are ebay restores I've done. They all shave good though. But the thing I like most about any razor so far is the louder the better. I can shave one pass and then if I do another pass even with the Dovo it's almost silent except for any spots that need just a little more. But when I shave silently I know I'm done. Don't need to feel my face. Even the two spots on my neck on each side are smooth when it's silent. I thought I was going to need to start shaving ATG (up in this case) to get those two spots really smooth. But now they are smooth just shaving down. This may be improved by my stropping improving. Maybe the edge is getting sharper. Hope so because trying to shave up a time or two was incredibly awkward.


Jack
PS
I forgot about a Boker razor a knife forum friend gave me. Love that one too but it's not very loud.