Thread: Listening while shaving?

I always try to listen to my razor while shaving, it can tell a lot about your angle and if it cutting smoothly or skipping. I also try to listen while I strop if I hear something different I stop and check what I am doing before continuing.

definitely useful .
listening helps me along with other senses to navigate the shave

Definitely the audible feedback helps, although a wedge doesn't make much sound, so if your blade isn't hollow ground YMMV.

Originally Posted by MrOldschool

Definitely the audible feedback helps, although a wedge doesn't make much sound, so if your blade isn't hollow ground YMMV.

Part of what makes a wedge interesting is the subdued sound, in my opinion. But overall, the sound is satisfying as you know that means hairs are being removed!

I always listen, you can figure the exact angle that you want much more accurately from the audio feedback than you can from looking at the angle of your razor.

Originally Posted by howdydave

I always listen, you can figure the exact angle that you want much more accurately from the audio feedback than you can from looking at the angle of your razor.

Yep , the less noise you have the closer you are to the right shaving angle

I just picked up a wedge a few days ago and it taught me a lot about the feedback and lack thereof. This thing makes almost no sound on my face or on the strop. It's eerie. Shaves wonderfully, but now it sounds like my half hollows sing.