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09-01-2010, 11:20 PM #3
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Thanked: 96Isnt the thumbnail test(TNT) just dragging the edge over the nail, feeling for consistency in the bite of the razor while it is trying to cut into the nail.
Not: "I also read somewhere you should test a blade by the thumbnail method, and I can shave a piece off a thumbnail without much effort."
To me that sounds like pretty a very harsh test for an edge as fine as a razor, and one that could effect your shave.
With a shave ready razor you should only do the HHT, which for some is considered not a very consistent test atleast not without a bit of experience doing it, or the thumbpad test(TPT). With either one, it will be difficult knowing how to do them, what your looking for, without having a truly shave ready sharp razor in your possesion for reference.
And as others have pointed out, slow down and quit expecting perfection over night, there are a lot of different aspects to shaving which need to all come together before you will get great results.