Thread: A picture of "scary straight"

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

looks like a lack of stretching

make funny faces while you are shaving
OR
make funny faces after you whack yourself

I'm going with the lack of stretching for my answer. And the damn thing is too sharp.

Originally Posted by jeffus

I'm going with the lack of stretching for my answer. And the damn thing is too sharp.

No such thing as too sharp. There is over honed and wire edge, but never too sharp.

Looks like a nice conversation piece for the next few days though.

Originally Posted by theswede

5 passes is that your normal routine? Did you lap the swaty after you bought it? The small scratches under the bloody gob looks like your edges became damaged, almost serrated.

I don't have a normal routine involving touch up hones yet. I'm still a n00b who has only just recently succeeded doing a 3 pass shave with a straight, not needing the DE for the final 1 or 2 passes. I can tell already that I won't be using 5 passes on the Swaty ever again. Am learning the value of starting with fewer passes....

regards,
jeff

Originally Posted by cako72

-I't just a flesh wound!

No its not.

Just slap on some Clubman and move along.

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Originally Posted by cako72
-I't just a flesh wound!

No its not.
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What are you gonna do? Bleed on me?!!
(sorry, off topic......)

Originally Posted by cako72

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(sorry, off topic......)

Monty Python is NEVER off topic

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

looks like a lack of stretching

make funny faces while you are shaving
OR
make funny faces after you whack yourself

Dang, I wish I had more room in my sig.

Jeff, keep after it, man! I kinda doubt your razor is *too* sharp, though. Believe it or not, it's easier and more comfortable to shave with a *really* sharp blade, right up to shavette level of sharpness, at which point it's kinda harsh. It's also easier to cut yourself with a duller blade, as it invites you to give it more push. More push= more blood.

You might want to consider shipping off your blade to one of the Honemeisters here for a good honing. The usual response when guys shave for their first time with a newly Honemeistered blade: "Oh. Now I see what they mean." Yup, there's *that* much of a difference as to what *you* think is sharp, and the sharp a honemeister will put on it.

I used to think that any blade that was sharp enough to remove arm hair was sharp enough to shave with. Not so. Now I know that a blade that is sharp enough to remove arm hair without me feeling it ("velvet squeegee") is *probably* sharp enough for a comfy shave. You should feel no scraping, no pulling, nothing. Try this... run the spine of your razor (the thick part that isn't sharp) down your arm. Feel how smooth the spine feels? Running the sharpened edge down your arm should feel like you're just running the spine of your razor down your arm, and it should just wipe all the hair right off. This is how a Honemeister honed blade will come to you.

As mentioned previously, I purchased the str8 from ZethLent shave ready. I love it and was able to recently do 3 passes without needing the DE to cleanup.

That slice I made is about 1 inch above the point of my Bruce Campbell chin, where it makes a sharp bend. I do not feel that I was pushing too hard, but was not stretching the skin well enough. I felt that sucker slice neatly into my skin like a surgical scalpel.

And thanks, now I have a 2 inch swath of bare skin on my arm

regards

Originally Posted by jeffus

As mentioned previously, I purchased the str8 from ZethLent shave ready. I love it and was able to recently do 3 passes without needing the DE to cleanup.

That slice I made is about 1 inch above the point of my Bruce Campbell chin, where it makes a sharp bend. I do not feel that I was pushing too hard, but was not stretching the skin well enough. I felt that sucker slice neatly into my skin like a surgical scalpel.

And thanks, now I have a 2 inch swath of bare skin on my arm

regards

D'oh, Jeffus, I didn't realize it came shave ready from ZethLent... I missed that somehow. I'm sure it's *plenty* sharp, then.

As for the bare patch... I've *heard* that some SRP members have pretty much BBS arms and legs from testing blades so much.

Do you have a bar of alum and a styptic pencil? The alum bar will really help keep the razor burn, bumps, even zits at bay. It does sting a bit, though. The styptic pencil will help stop the bleeding from any cuts or weepers, and it also acts as a disinfectant. They are both really cheap, too.