Quote Originally Posted by PuFFaH View Post
As far as I'm aware, barbers don't hold a razor like we would to shave ourselves. His grip is how I've seen being used by barbers but I have to say that it does seem synonymous with shavette use.
I have never been one for shave prep and commonly shave with none. Lather on dry face and apply the blade, I have never had a problem with my skin or damage to the razors edge. If you had edge damage, what was he wiping the soap off onto?
Come to think of it I did see a local barber giving a shave using a shavette last year and iirc he was using the same type of angle as in the OPs photo. If you use that kind of angle with a SR you may damage the edge because you are scraping more than cutting.

Yes, I use no prep also. I just wet face, lather and shave for 4 passes. No problems with edge damage either but the blade is only about 1 spine width from my face while shaving. I strop my soap off the blade on a damp sponge so no problem there either.

Bob