Thread: Sharpness Vs. Technique

This is something that I am sure has been covered dozens of times, but I wanted to add one more.

There were about a half a dozen razors in my rack that I had targeted for re-honing or touch ups. But lately, my techniques have improved in stropping (doesn't hurt that I now have a Premium IV), lather building, and especially shaving.

I went back to those razors that were scheduled to go to the hones, and low and behold, they shave great. It was me and not them!

As a side note, for me, the Holy Grail of shaving techniques is the angle of the blade to the skin. When the angle is correct, no pressure is needed and the shave is great. But angle is relative to WTG, XTG and ATG. So that means, right from the start - beginning mapping out beard direction so WTG, XTG and ATG and thus the angle can be determined.

Having said all of this, I am not saying that good technique will overcome a dull razor, I am just saying that a sharp razor and poor technique can result in an incorrect conclusion.