Quote Originally Posted by freyguy View Post
I'm using a shavette, so the only way I can identify shave readiness at this point is by putting in a new blade. How would you recommend a newb determine a shave ready blade from something that's not quite there.

I just ordered a shave ready Dovo from SRD, and figure that with that I would get a feel for a what shave ready really is.
I never used a shavette but I suppose they should feel very similar and you can test with a new blade the same way. If you ordered from SRD it should be shave ready. A way to see if a razor is shave ready is try to cut arm or leg hair with the razor away from the skin and repeat with all edge length (cut, move the blade, cut - don't go cutting sideways), hair should pop off easily, but most people would tell you that the only shave ready test is shaving and I tend to agree, but even before it is shave ready it has to cut hair. I get a lot more info from making a thumbpad test but you first need some feeling for it, try it on your shavette (first watch a video of someone doing it and be carefull). Good Luck.