Thread: Hot Water On The Blade = Better Shave ?

The barber that introduced me to straights, did it that way and I just always have.... I think that it helps...

One question...
Do you guys rinse the blade with hot water and then dry it with towel or you just leave the hot water on the blade?
Because I always warm up my blade under the running hot water before the shave and rinse it with hot water during the shave... But I dry the blade with the towel before making the pass...

Originally Posted by Robert1988

One question...
Do you guys rinse the blade with hot water and then dry it with towel or you just leave the hot water on the blade?
Because I always warm up my blade under the running hot water before the shave and rinse it with hot water during the shave... But I dry the blade with the towel before making the pass...

I don't wipe the blade during the shave. Of course I do afterwards with a fresh piece of Kleenex.

Rinsing the blade seems to work better for me than just wiping between passes. When Im done I rinse the blade and dry it with toilet paper.

I rinse the blade also.
Why dirty a towel?

I do remember the one and only paid for straight shave I got many years ago. The barber wiped the razor clean on the bib he had placed on me at the shoulder area.

That was a shave I never forgot. It was amazing and seems like yesterday. It has been over 30 years ago! I was 19 or 20 I think. This shave was in Mexico in a border town near Del Rio Texas. Heck of a memory!

Rick

I wipe lather off the blade with my fingers. I occasionally rinse the blade with hot water, but only when I remember threads like this one! I haven't noticed any difference between the "cold" and hot rinsed blade.