Dear Straight Shavers,
I have perused the SRP Wiki quite a lot before I began shaving with a straight, and one thing that never made sense to me was the so-called "Guillotine style cutting". Based on the descriptions, it seems as if it's a nice way to slice oneself.
However, I thought I found an explanation for the meaning of the arrows in the picture associated with it, and wanted to ask for some opinions:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...ing_motion.jpg
If you look at the arrows pointing downwards, they are at around 45 degrees from the axis of North-South shaving. If you have ever played with orthogonal projection doing 3D drawings, you will recognize instantly those lines as the sign of a move AWAY FROM FACE. In other words, you are leaving the XY plane of the face to move along the Z axis.
I have thought about this interpretation while shaving myself: after gliding North-South, at the end of the stroke, I move the razor swiftly away from my face, as if I was pulling grass.
Based on the drawing and my own practice, it makes more sense like this.
Thoughts?