Bigger is Better ! Or is it ?
A bit of an interesting shave on Wednesday evening ( interesting = disappointing ) . I decided to use my Bartmann 7/8 full hollow , stropped up and shaved . Jeez it was almost like shaving with a blunt knife , it left lots of those awkward opaque whiskers , yet the razor is sharp ( the same razor sliced my face twice when I fist shaved with it back in January ) .. Not being a fan of the HHT I tested with the thumb test and shaved my arm hair .. fair enough , Last night I took it for a few pass's on a Belgian blue -say about 8-10 then about 3 on the yellow , just to make sure it was sharp , tested again - fine ! prep'd and began shaving - urgg awful , finished with one of my 5/8 quarter hollows - which as always gives amazing results .. Then I thought !!!! is it possible that because the Bartmann is a full hollow 7/8 ( sings like a choir ) the blade is thinner that it flex's ever so slightly over my face -- my skin is very very soft , yet the smaller thicker blades do a much better job .
Just curious - is my skin type ( baby soft LOL !! ) incompatible with this style of razor or maybe it's just a newbi not yet mastering the technique and still not grasping the difference between a sharp razor and nearly sharp ......
It would be good to here opinions