Thread: Weapers

Pressure is suspect #1
And you are welcome to join us in the Cold/Cool water shaving side of the Den...my weeper problems seemed to go away in short order...

Costs nothing to try...

So a weaper, is where the edge is so keen that it shaves off any imperfections on the skin, usually painlessly.

This often occurs by excessive stropping, stropping on high grit nano paste or honing on a high grit stone or film, on the edge of Over-honing. It is usually an indication of excess keenness for your skin, and backing down a notch is the solution.

But often where none of the above have occurred, it is just micro chipping and the chips are cutting the skin. You may be using more pressure on the neck than on you face and thus the bleeding.

The best way to check is 60x plus magnification, or just lightly running a Q-tip along the edge, with just the cotton making contact. The slightest micro-chip will snag the cotton.

Re finishing the edge will bring a straight edge back quickly.

That's not how I'd define a weeper - to me they are the tiny drops of blood at the base of the hair that arise from shaving against the grain.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

So a weaper, is where the edge is so keen that it shaves off any imperfections on the skin, usually painlessly.

This often occurs by excessive stropping, stropping on high grit nano paste or honing on a high grit stone or film, on the edge of Over-honing. It is usually an indication of excess keenness for your skin, and backing down a notch is the solution.

But often where none of the above have occurred, it is just micro chipping and the chips are cutting the skin. You may be using more pressure on the neck than on you face and thus the bleeding.

The best way to check is 60x plus magnification, or just lightly running a Q-tip along the edge, with just the cotton making contact. The slightest micro-chip will snag the cotton.

Re finishing the edge will bring a straight edge back quickly.

I never thought about having a blade that's to keen for your particular skin type and I do strop using a rather unconventional yet proven paste that I have been using for years on my custom knife blades.I do think I probably need to just use a very light touch on the neck with this blade do to it being a heftyer razor then my others.

You should only strop on a paste when your edge is beginning to deteriorate...not for every day use.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

You should only strop on a paste when your edge is beginning to deteriorate...not for every day use.

Ah good point ! Thanks !

Yea, a paste that works great on a knife or tool edge, may not work so great on a razor. Most are polishing paste/compounds that leave a micro toothy edge from aggressive grit or grits that polish well. Like some fine metal polishes.

The trick for razor stropping is a paste that polishes the edge smooth, like Chrome, Cerium, and Ferrous Oxides, or CBN.

What are you using? You might try some Chrome Oxide or .125 or .10um CBN to finish the edge smoother. Try the Qtip.

I will check tonight with a qtip,I have looked at the edge with a hand held scope and it looks clean.I use a dab of rolite on my strop,I have used it for years as the last step on knives and a couple of years on razors.It has jewellers Rouge blended in .