Thread: Thoughts?

Originally Posted by kelbro

Never paid any attention to it before but I decided to look today. It looks like mine is usually 40-45° and my edges last quire some time.

Wow. Thats a lot. Maybe we are using different rulers here but wow!. I bet im more around 15 degrees in my shaves. Maybe 20 at the most. Id think at 45 degrees you could stick your finger between face and spine of the razor.

Originally Posted by Gasman

Wow. Thats a lot. Maybe we are using different rulers here but wow!. I bet im more around 15 degrees in my shaves. Maybe 20 at the most. Id think at 45 degrees you could stick your finger between face and spine of the razor.

90° is straight up and I'm at about half of that. I've been doing this for about 40yrs so I guess it works OK

I'm 56 and people tell me that my skin looks like a much younger mans'. Must be all of the exfoliating

Originally Posted by kelbro

90° is straight up and I'm at about half of that. I've been doing this for about 40yrs so I guess it works OK

I'm 56 and people tell me that my skin looks like a much younger mans'. Must be all of the exfoliating

Well if it works you can't argue, I guess it'a always a case of YMMV. You must have perfected the light touch. Kudos on the compliments too

Originally Posted by Porl

Well if it works you can't argue, I guess it'a always a case of YMMV. You must have perfected the light touch. Kudos on the compliments too

Indeed. Seems like most everything in shaving has a significant YMMV to it. I never even thought about it until I pictured the angle that folks on here said they were using and had to go take a look at my own technique. Shaving is on autopilot for me...

Light touch? Probably. Sharp? Very sharp! I like my edges to be like a Feather blade most of the time. Typically only one WTG pass as well but If I want really, really close, I do an XTG on the cheeks. Never had any irritation.

Well, more power to ya. What works for some dont work for others. I guess YMMV in short. If i was to go at that steep of an a gle id pay dearly when the A.S. went on. That is if i didnt slit my throat. Ha.

Ive been trying the steeper angle on the first pass and i think I am getting closer sha es on the first pass but not sure if its making any difference in the final outcome after my 2.5 passes. Its fun to try new things for sure.

I only do 2 ATG passes on most of my face. The only exception been the upper and lower lip areas getting 1 WTG, and 1 Xtg pass. And my chin getting 2 XTG passes.

Neck to sideburns is all one upwards stroke for me. Neck to chin is also all uphill but only to the point of my chin.

Well Kelbro, I gave it a try. About a 45 degree angle. And found a great shave that was damn near BBS. I dont normally try for BBS as I gave up on it. But to tell the entire truth, I did a pass in the direction of from ear to bottom of neck. It was something I've been wanting to try but couldn't figure out how to do it. By-Gum, it worked. I was so excited that I forgot to touch up my sideburn area. It could have been the perfect shave.

Now I have to say I did have a bit more irritation but not as much as I thought I was going to have. Thanks for sharing this slice and dice angle. It might be something I try more often.