Anyone know?
Printable View
Anyone know?
it would have to be because its a closer shave your hair is going to grow as it always has but the closer shave of the straight will give you more time in between shaves have a great day and god bless
I'm not so sue that they are the closest. The closest shaves, can leave your skin raw.
I think they are the most comfortable shaves and I think that the angle at which the beard is shaved leads to a less sharp end to each whisker. It therefore feels closer than say a DE or any of the modern Gillette et al razors.
I'm also not sure that they do last longer.
Simple friend. It is what we like to call Magic. Yessir magic juice in the shaving soap, AS, balm, so on and so on hold the whiskers at bay for a few extra hours. Now you may think i am just blowing smoke up your asterisk, but it is a scientificaly documented fact that magic juices exist. So moral is the stronger it smells, the more of the magic juice it contains; meaning LONGER LASTING SHAVE! Hi ladies and gents, Billy Mays here and I want to show you this revolutionary new product! . . . .
A shave feels BBS because the hairs are cut below the normal surface of the skin. This is accomplished by stretching the skin and then cutting the hairs off with a blade that has nothing to obstruct contact with the skin. The farther below the normal surface of the skin that the razor cuts, the longer it takes the hairs to emerge above the surface and the longer the feeling of BBS lasts. Traditional straights shave closer than a DE blade because the edge is supported by thicker metal and so it resists being deflected by the hair. I know this because the god that lives in my razor came to me in a dream and explained it all. This means that my words cannot be challenged, even by a moderator... :w
Quote:
Originally Posted by English
I gotta +1 with the English man here....
I believe he is on the right track, they feel better because of the angle that the hair was cut, and I believe that the face prep that we do, actually makes for better skin condition, so our faces actually feel softer and smoother longer... But I do think that running 4-5 blades over ones face does give you a "closer, as in below the skin shave" it just doesn't feel as good, for as long, as the straight shave Therefore yes it is done by FM.... (don't know what FM means pm me and I'll tell ya) :D
I don't know, I think it is fear. my skin is soo sensitive that I cannot shave against the grain, not with any blade. so I never get the bbs (I'm guessing that means baby's butt shave) that others are talking about. My face doesn't feel different that I can tell between the straight and the 3 blade job. BUT, I have noticed and commented to non-straight shavers that ask (a.k.a. sissys) that the next day the growth is not as noticeable if I used a straight.
my only conclusion is fear, the little hairs are worried to come out because the scary big blade is there waiting to whack them down.
Red
i must agree with some of the previous posters. it is the quality of the whole situation that really makes things more comfortable and closer. this includes the quality of the blade, how sharp it is, the attention to face prep that most people do, skin stretching (most cartridge user probably don't do this) and the attention to detail that most admit to. some have said that they get just as close with a DE and i don't doubt that they do if the blade is in condition and their face prep is good. i use a DE if i am pressed for time but really like using the straight better as i feel much more in control and enjoy the experience more. also i don't have enough experience with a DE to get nearly as close as with my straight razor.
What happens if all you have left is regular magic? I'm set on picking up more fm in Tijuana soon. BBS here I come!
Hair is hair - it grows at the same rate no matter what sort of blade you cut it with. If it is pulled forward and cut, then snaps back below the surface that would lead to a lot of shaving rash, wouldn't it? Also, if the blade tugs it, isn't that often taken as a sign that the edge is not sharp enough? I think it is just the attention to detail and the fear of a dirty great big naked edge scything across your face that makes it closer!
Regards,
Neil
That's right. the razor gods (yes I can commune with most of them ... heh) also informed me that the exfoliation (removal of surface skin) which straights also contribute to, means that for almost the first whole day, the whiskers are trying to grow back above the surface skin which is also busy regrowing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chimensch
X
But wouldn't that lead to more ingrown hairs? Hair cut beneath surface of skin, skin exfoliated and a layer needs to grow back, so in some cases skin grows back over hair and bam! ingrown hair?Quote:
Originally Posted by xman
I'm prepared to believe this because I never suffered ingrown hairs when shaving with Muck3, and only through closer shaves with a straight have I occasionally suffered them. :shrug:
I would imagine that the quality of steel and refinement of the edge of a straight is keener therefore cuts closer than a regular razor. Works better for me..thats my story and ahm stickin with it :D
i have had significantly less ingrown hairs then with my mach3 when i use my straight. i attribute this to less irritation. my guess is that ingrown hairs happen because of a close shave combined with irritation which inflames the skin and causes it to attempt to heal itself over the hair. hense, no irritation = no ingrowns. this is just my theory but i stand by my hatred of mach3s and higher, they turn me into a redneck, literally.Quote:
Originally Posted by majurey
Fewer actually, because straight shaving takes away the layers of skin which would catch the hairs and cause ingrowns.Quote:
Originally Posted by majurey
X
i think all the extra prep and conditioning with do to our face and beard just make it seem like the shave last longer with maybe a small caveat to the angle that the hair shaft is cut at. perhaps the straight cuts the hair at a large enough angle so that they are softer at the ends.
i know this i can shave everyday to no ill effects and if i skip a day it does not look all that bad... just grey.. which is why i shave :D
I would say when i shave with de blade it is certanly close but when stubble starts to make a come back my stubble don't half feel sharp for some reason. With my straight razors which i always use now days the growth comes back a lot softer and with only a good well honed razor you will always have a great smooth velvety shave which feels good and close but in all onesty i think it does'nt last much longer. The best thing you could do is shave one side with a straight and the other side with normal pack of blades and test your face next day.
I find that the open blade of a straight razor, when used with the proper technique that took time for me to learn, can get at my whiskers in ways that modern, enclosed safety razors cannot, and give me a closer shave. Closer shaves last longer.
When I began using a straight razor my technique left a lot to be desired, and my closest shaves were not much shorter than a 5 O' Clock shadow, so the 5 PM shadow would show up around 10 AM.:D
That's certainly conventional wisdom, but I never even knew what an ingrown hair was until I started shaving with a straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by xman
That said, since I returned to honing on a coticule the shaves have been a lot smoother and the bumps and occasional ingrowns have disappeared, so maybe there's something in chee16's skin irritation theory? Either that or I'm a freak.
Well, maybe a bit of both...
I prefer the acronym PFM.Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Sean
your not a freak, its just that i am right! ha! :njQuote:
Originally Posted by majurey