Thread: Wipe or rinse?

Ouch! I feel your pain. Not being a honer I had to send mine out to be honed.

Raulski, I feel your pain. Tough way to learn a lesson. It does happen though. I usually just rinse, then wipe on a towel then continue shaving. It pays to have a spare though!



Mike

Originally Posted by Raulski

Dagnabit! Just had a shave with my new straight (the only one I own) & I knocked the edge right on the tap. TWICE! Finished the shave but at the end I could plainly see the damage I had done.
I don't have a loupe yet (in the post) but this was as clear as day to the eye. I stropped for a while (the only thing at my disposal - first hones are in the post as well) but I saw no improvement.
Now I'm brand spanking new to this so I don't know if stropping would even help and, if it does, I'm pretty sure I'm not the man to do it.
It's just that I only made my comment on this thread about rinsing rather than wiping yesterday. The irony displeases me....

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Rinsing or wiping you will find these things happen either way. I dropped my first razor when I was stropping it. I had to send it away for repair.

Stropping won't help you I'm afraid, as it doesn't really remove any metal. Be careful too as the nick in my blade small though it was scratched my strop.

Irony is a cruel teacher that we could all do without. Spare razors are the key. Oh no I mean razors to put in rotation (just in case Mrs Porl reads this)

Originally Posted by Raulski

Dagnabit! Just had a shave with my new straight (the only one I own) & I knocked the edge right on the tap. TWICE! Finished the shave but at the end I could plainly see the damage I had done.
I don't have a loupe yet (in the post) but this was as clear as day to the eye. I stropped for a while (the only thing at my disposal - first hones are in the post as well) but I saw no improvement.
Now I'm brand spanking new to this so I don't know if stropping would even help and, if it does, I'm pretty sure I'm not the man to do it.
It's just that I only made my comment on this thread about rinsing rather than wiping yesterday. The irony displeases me....

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If you can see those dings, there is no doubt the blade needs honed.

Rinsing is for babies, wiping on a sponge or towel is for wimps. I run my blade through my manly chest hair, which serves a dual purpose of removing lather while stropping the edge.

I rinse then wipe

I shave with two towels, a hand towel on my right and a microfiber on the left under my soap and a scuttle.

I rinse the razor under running water, only getting the blade wet, not the tang. I use a gooseneck faucet.

I then tap the spine on the towel, with the edge straight up. This will shake all the water off the blade, straight down on to the towel.

The blade may be slightly damp, but not enough water to run down the blade to the tang.

I keep my hand and the tang completely dry during the shave. When finished, I wipe the blade dry with the microfiber.

Using this technique will speed up your shave.

I always rinse then wipe on a towel I put between the sink and the edge of the cabinet. Building a new house and ordered faucets the have high necks above the sink. My wife asked me why and I said if she shaved with a straight razor and had to hone out the nicks, she wouldn't ask.

I would do that if I showered first otherwise I would still have to wipe or rinse. Come to think of it, even with a shower it would be a rinse

Originally Posted by Wayne1963

Rinsing is for babies, wiping on a sponge or towel is for wimps. I run my blade through my manly chest hair, which serves a dual purpose of removing lather while stropping the edge.

I rinse it under hot tap water when The blade is full of lather, i do whipe my Blade good whit a tissus or toilet paper after The shave. I want to make sure The Blade is dry.