Thread: Major 'grabbing' when xtg

Mustache area - ATG - excellent lather, fairly sharp blade and short strokes. Start by a pass very close to the skin, then integrate the pass against the skin. It a nice way to ease the blade onto the skin and start the shaving motion. It does take some practice and you may get some weepers in the first few shaves.

Do suck in the top lip to tighen the skin above the lip when shaving.

Good Luck,

Pabster

Originally Posted by TexasBob

1. Use short strokes.
2. Use a slicing/guillotine action as described at Shaving passes - Straight Razor Place Wiki

I should have added a number 3: get the area from multiple XTG directions before doing ATG.

Shaving ATG shouldn't pull at all either, if it does and your razor came shave ready then the following may be happening:

-improper stropping that dulls the razor. Without creating "Draw" on the razor when you strop, the effects can make the razor duller every day.

-The shave ready razor wasn't sharp enough for you. What's good for one guy isn't good enough for another, we all have difficult facial hair types. If I feel any pulling at all I quickly go to the Norton 4/8k and do a conservative pyramid until the shave is good again, Then I will follow on a pasted strop.

I've sent my razor off for professional re-honing and stropping. Seems worth trying, as it only cost me a few bucks from ebay. Cost of rehoning = 8 Mach3 blades.

Will be very interested to see how much difference it makes when I get it back.