Thread: Sharpness Vs. Technique

Alembic,

You're quite right, but I would rank stropping technique right up there with shaving technique in order to prove your point. Chances are your stropping has improved since you last shaved with those razors. It's happened to me before as well; just before you dig out the hones you decide to strop n' shave one last time and voila - great shave from a razor thought to be dull.

In the end though your point is still valid - sometimes it is you and not the razor.

You really hit the point here.

To me it is all about learning multiple skills before it is possible to get excellent results. Even the best razor (i do not believe there is such) will give you poor shaves if you haven't find the technique that works for you and your face.

As Mr Gillette would say you buy the system.

Straight shaving is a system and for it to run like a clock the entire system must be mastered. Is one component more important than the others? Maybe it is but like with a fine watch mvmt sometimes a tiny hair in an out of the way place can stop the mvmt.