Thread: The Mystery Comfort of Straight Shaving.

Glenn24, I think what you are saying it just how it is for me also. The stubs feels "prickier" when they arrive when I shave with a DE than they do with a Straight.

What a fabulous thread and a great experiment! Thank you for justifying the time spent learning how to shave "properly" Personally I've not used my fusion since switching to straights and have no intention to switch back. Ryan

Originally Posted by Glenn24

The stuble [from a D/E] feels "sharp". After using a straight, whatever stuble that grows feels like, well stuble.. Normal re-growth. But with the DE, the stubble is much more prickly. It annoys me to touch it. Wheras the stubble after a str8 razor shave feels more blunt.

Does this make any sense ?

I suspect, if you think about it, that you are probably not as careful about stretching the skin when you use a D/E. (I know I don't worry about it as much.) If true, then you slice the hairs at more of an angle to the shaft when shaving with a D/E, versus the almost perpendicular cut you're making with a straight using good skin stretching. The regrown hairs from a D/E shave will have a "point" to them, while the regrown hairs from a straight shave are more "flat-topped".

I think that's probably what you're feeling.

Originally Posted by mbaglio100

I suspect, if you think about it, that you are probably not as careful about stretching the skin when you use a D/E. (I know I don't worry about it as much.) If true, then you slice the hairs at more of an angle to the shaft when shaving with a D/E, versus the almost perpendicular cut you're making with a straight using good skin stretching. The regrown hairs from a D/E shave will have a "point" to them, while the regrown hairs from a straight shave are more "flat-topped".

I think that's probably what you're feeling.

I like this, bring on the smoothness theories everyone !!