Thread: Scum stays on edge?

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Make sure you rinse with very hot water.

I read somewhere that this can cause warping of the edge, any thoughts or experience on this? I will try to find a link...

Originally Posted by Muscles

I read somewhere that this can cause warping of the edge, any thoughts or experience on this? I will try to find a link...

Are they rinsing or boiling?

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Are they rinsing or boiling?

If rinsing under water that was too hot...

Asked the tortoise...

I take forever to shave. Usually an hour. I can do it in 20 min, but at not quite 5 mo, I'm trying to get better at everything - stropping, honing, shaving. I don't want to rush it and post another thread about 'I was in a hurry and butchered myself again'.

In an hour, there's no soap or cream that's gonna stay hydrated for the duration while on your face. That means when I see the soap clinging to he edge of the blade, it's time to rinse and re-lather. Sometimes I need to wet the brush a bit to keep the lather hydrated - easy. Until I can get 97% bbs in 2 passes without atg, I'll keep working with this much effort. I did atg somewhere between the 3rd & 4th shave, so that's not the reason to avoid it. I'm thinking Sham is on to something there (strongly holds no one EVER needs to do ATG). 'Seems like a skill milestone for me to reach for.

If you take a long time (and by all means, keep it up), see if some regular re-wetting of the lather helps. When I let it go too long, I wipe it off too.

Hi,

I've been using a sample shave cream from the art of shaving. I noticed that you really have wet it down to get it to work well. By work I mean shave well. I'm not sure if it is the cream or me not adding enough water to the mix. When its dry it sticks to the edge.

- Mike

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Although you now have the answer to your dry lather problem I would still advise you to wipe the blade rather than rinse it, you may be taking an unnecessary risk, you may one of these days ding the blade on the faucet as have so many others. Not a good thing.

I agree with Kelly. As I shave, I wipe my blades free of gathered lather vs. rinsing with water. I don't want to ding my razor on the sink. Plus rinsing takes too long and I loose my rhythm.

I wonder if anyone else has tried this - when I get a scum line on the edge of my blade I strop it on the fat part of my palm (between my pinkie and my wrist). The surface of the palm can act as strop and polish for your blade.
Anyone else ever tried it?

I might be crazy but it works!

Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC

I agree with Kelly. As I shave, I wipe my blades free of gathered lather vs. rinsing with water. I don't want to ding my razor on the sink. Plus rinsing takes too long and I loose my rhythm.

Als I agree

I'm a thumb wiper, I wipe my lather onto my thumb then off onto a damp facecloth hung over the edge of the sink.

Geek.

Huh, I never thought that that gunk would actually affect my shave. I guess I'll have to pay more attention to it.

When it comes to wiping v. rinsing for me, I rinse but I do so in a soft plastic bowl I got from target for $2. I recognize that sink dings are likely (happened to me) but I tried wiping and it just felt too dry and cold. What I do it fill the bowl up with the hottest water my sink can produce and just swish it. That way, I'm not constantly running water, I don't have the risk of dinging it and someone else can use the sink (I live with 2 roommates and a girlfriend in a house with only 1.5 baths).

Originally Posted by StubbleBuster

I wonder if anyone else has tried this - when I get a scum line on the edge of my blade I strop it on the fat part of my palm (between my pinkie and my wrist). The surface of the palm can act as strop and polish for your blade.
Anyone else ever tried it?

I might be crazy but it works!

Just make sure you don't slip into Hone-mode!