10 well-deserved thank-yous to JimmyHAD
For this:
An old barber told me to hold the razor securely but lightly enough so that is if it pulls the razor will flex in your fingers and be less likely to nick. He also told me to never force it if it does pull. Following that advice I have rarely gotten a nick.
I have been trying to straight razor shave since Easter weekend and have been cutting myself mercilessly. :gwh:When I come to this forum I read posts by this gentleman and for some reason when I read it again about 10 days ago this advice got through. I'm getting wonderful shaves now and my face feels so good after finishing up.
So Jimmy, respond to this post 10 times and I will thank you for each one.
Note: if you will change that smelly avitar of yours you get 11!
The final frontier is honing and maintaining the blade, so feel free to share what your barber friend said about that subject. I have a Norton 4K/8K, Chinese 12K, a lapping instrument (D8C) and a Swaty.
This was thee best advice ,thank you...
I too folloewd that advice and it worked famously.I had putzed around with my first Dovo best quality very sporadically for about seven years but got serious about five months ago and this little tidbit of advice was the rosetta stone of shaving for me.Been getting close to bbs every time now and the only time I ever got nicks was when I was being a careless jerk to my own self,so I got what I deserved then . Thanks infinity man !!....Can I do that or is that cheating ?:tu