Ouch, why would you want to shave a dry face? The whole point of shaving with a straight is to enjoy the shave. Try it at your own risk, honestly there is only one way to find out. Who knows, maybe you can pull it off. As for the dude in the video, what the heck was he doing to that poor razor? I think my edge would have rolled completely after all that jazz. His chrome ox and paste stropping was fairly useless. I must say it was very entertaining though. It looked like he was shaving his cheek at a 75 degree angle.??