Thread: Painful shaves

I connected painful shave to a poor edge. So gave him tips on honing.

honing is tough for the newbie. It doesn't always work as intended at the first go. this is my experience.

Originally Posted by almond

I connected painful shave to a poor edge. So gave him tips on honing.

honing is tough for the newbie. It doesn't always work as intended at the first go. this is my experience.

A painful shave can have many reasons.

ThIs is the conundrum every straight shaving beginner faces:
1.) Poor shaving technique dulls the edge prematurely, requiring more (e.g. chromium oxide) stropping
2.) poor stropping will damage the edge, requiring honing,
3.) poor honing will fail to restore a sharp yet smooth edge and may breed poor shaving technique - which brings us back to step 1.


One step leads to another and unless a beginner comes to grips with all three techniques (How often do you want to send a razor to be honed by someone else?) and breaks this vicious circle a close, comfortable shave will be impossible to achieve.

The Internet may help, but a beginner needs to learn how to tell good advice from bad one - often the best method is to look for ways that the majority of shavers agree on.


It requires patience, perseverance and resilience, but we all had to go through this and in a way this may be part of what makes straight razor shaving special: you have achieved something that quite a few men would find too hard (or scary) to even try - let alone master.



Good luck



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