Thread: Can a Wedge blade suction to your face?

I don't know haw else to describe this. I just touched up my Dubl Duck Satin Wedge on a pasted strop because it hadn't been all that smooth. While doing my ATG pass, I was keeping the angle very shallow. In several places on both my face and neck, the blade just seemed to suck down to the skin, but still glide up. There was a little bit of lather on the skin side of the blade after each of these strokes. Where that happened is completly BBS. Am I imagining things, or does this happen? Is this something with wedges or can any razor do this?

Drygulch,

It does happen : at least it does for me

I have a vintage kamisori with the 'omote' side worn very flat When I shave with it on the right side of my face, it does very much 'stick' to my face.

This is really noticeable with thick viscous lather. I will have to re-hollow the 'omote' !

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

It too happens with my more wedgy blades, and generally you want a lower angle when going atg. I tend to hold the angle a touch steeper than when the blade starts sticking.

My razor, a full hollow Best Quality, does this as well. The two factors that combine to cause this are 1: blade angle being low enough for the spine to contact the skin. 2: Wet lather on the, as you put it, "skin side" of the razor.

I specify wet lather because I don't rinse my blade. Wiping it off on my dry sponge means there is often a bit of lather residue still on the blade when I go for my next series of strokes. The suction will not happen with this mostly dry residue.

Thank you all for the information. I used Barrister & Mann soap, with a new to me bush, so I always end up with a very wet soupy lather. It glides very well though. So I take it from the comments above that this is typically not something shavers want to happen? I noticed that the areas where it did happen are very smooth. Can it also cause cuts?

I have this happen as well. Depending on the soap or creme it happens more or less. The angle has a lot to do with it but I found that after a pass when there is lather on the blade I rinse but don't wipe the water off. I hold the blade point down when rinsing to keep water away from the scales. There isn't really a lot of water on the blade but enough to keep it from sticking. The water helps to let the razor glide over the skin and reduces the creme or soap from sticking to the blade. Hope this helps.