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    So I'm back up at work and my razor I have at work is a Kastor.I can't seem to figure this blade out.When I first started using this one I would always seem to nick myself around the ear as it's a spike point.I dulled the very end of the edge at the point and that solved that.The problem I'm having with this one is I always get weapers on my neck and I can't figure it out.It gives a awesome shave with no tugging and it has a awesome edge.After I shaved last night I gave it some more thought and the only thing I can come up with is the weight of the blade,it's much heavier then my other razor and I wonder that's the culprit as I'm using the same amount of pressure as my other razors and it may be to much and causing the weapers.Thoughts ?

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    Pressure is normally the cause, you are correct in your thinking. Another thing you may do is let your beard grow a bit and study it. Most of the time on our neck our hair around the adams apple will go in all sorts of directions. I can't shave from the outside in around my adams apple or I will end up just like you...shaving against the grain. Map out your beard and shave with the grain and across the grain...this is what I do on the neck around the adams apple.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shooter74743 View Post
    Pressure is normally the cause, you are correct in your thinking. Another thing you may do is let your beard grow a bit and study it. Most of the time on our neck our hair around the adams apple will go in all sorts of directions. I can't shave from the outside in around my adams apple or I will end up just like you...shaving against the grain. Map out your beard and shave with the grain and across the grain...this is what I do on the neck around the adams apple.
    I have been using a straight razor for a couple of years and have a good handle on my technique.That's why I can't seem to figure it out and this only happens with this particular razor.The only other thing that's different is at home I use a little grape seed oil before I lather up.

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    I know that with some of my razors I have to pay attention to some things. Take for instance a Wusthoff that I have, it's about 1/2" longer than most razors. If I don't pay attention to the "normal" shave, I'll get my ear every time I use it. Every razor has a personality to it, shave with it exclusively for a half-dozen shaves and you two will be great friends in the end.
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    I tried a shavette for the first time a month or so ago, and was surprised at how the lighter weight helped me apply even less pressure, as my standard shaver is 7/8. If this razor is heavier than razors to which you have gotten accustomed, you could very easily be applying more pressure just due to the extra weight.

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    Pressure is suspect #1
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    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.
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
    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.

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