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11-30-2008, 09:10 PM #1Mint loving graphical comedian
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Advanced shave technique: or is it?
So I wanted to ask you guys if you use this technique which i've started to adopt with reasonable success. This is something which i've been working on since I heard some input from Mark (maujery) at the SRP:UK meet up. Its difficult to explain so I made a quick vid to show you.
Basically the technique is designed to ensure that the hair is as perpendicular to the skin as possible, thus allowing for the razor to take of the maximum amount of hair with the fewest strokes. I was wondering if any of you use this technique already and if so what success you have had with it? Do any of you see any potential problems with it? I havent experienced any but that doesnt mean there are none.
So tell me- what do you think?
EDIT: Looking back now I notice I seem to be a bit wild with the razor.... :s
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11-30-2008, 09:20 PM
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I'll wait for the video before making a definitive statement, but generally speaking I stretch my skin so that the hair stands as vertical as possible. But like I said I will wait for your video.
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11-30-2008, 09:35 PM
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I do exactly the same Jimbo, but this is kinda a two-part technique. Shave wtg, but at the same time working bottom to top. Its done in a series of strokes, with the skin always being pulled up, with the pulling hand being kind of dragge up the skin. The shaving hand follows with a series of short WTG stroke. Like I say, easier to show than describe. Hope that helps clarify what might be difficult to see.
11-30-2008, 09:35 PM
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i try to stretch my skin as much as i can and that does seem like it would work well but i know when i stretch my skin i have to be careful of the lather simply because it is slippery and prevents me from getting a grip. any remedies for that in this technique as from the looks of it, it would be an issue. i could be wrong though.
12-02-2008, 06:24 AM
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You guys are being uncharacteristically quiet on this one.Was it something I said?
12-02-2008, 06:53 AM
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It took me a few days to decipher your accent. <g>
Actually I've seen others shave that way. I think it's a good technique, and I plan on giving it a try.
12-02-2008, 06:53 AM
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I understood perfectly. Sounds like a good idea I guess. There are only a couple of very small spots where I can manage to stretch my skin with my hands due to no grip from the lather. Pulling at the very top of my cheeks above the lather has little effect. I make do entirely with a variety of facial contortions.
12-02-2008, 08:24 AM
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the thing that strikes me about moving incrementally up your sideburns while shaving WTG is that your stretching hand would be trying to stretch through the lather which has got to be slippery. An I missing something about that?
I can go directly to ATG in this area, but do move my stretching hand up as I shave, as I have always done even before I started using a straight. You can see it in my vid. YouTube - One Handed Straight Razor Shave, pt. 1.
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