Thread: Shaving one handed

The Gold Bug made by Witte of Germany that I shaved with the other night. I don't have any of those rivets, so I made one out of a piece of aluminum rivet (very small) and cut it down and ball peened hammered it together. The scales on the Witte GOLD BUG were broken beyond use, so I used the scales off the other razor with a big notch out of the blade. So those aren't the original scales, but off one called MULCUTO EXTRA and on the other side says MULCUTO WERKE Solingen Germany. That MULCUTO was really rusted and pitted and would never have any good edge that didn't have some notches from the pitting. $7.00 for the both of them.

Here is the Gold Bug:

WOW! I generally like a little...no make that allot more lather. Seems like he has a very sharp razor. The "fools pass" that he executes is something I have not attempted yet. Might have to give it a try

wow. how long till i can do that? watching videos like those puts be in my place. i'm happy if i can finish in under 15 minutes and i don't have any permanent scars...

I watch those videos and practice on my "Pakistani" 1 cent ebay (DULLED) razor. I shaved last night with the above Gold Bug (5th shave with straight), watching the way my whiskers lie on my face and have no razor burn nor nicks. I found out the neck whiskes on both sides grow up and those under my chin grow down. Chin is sort of straight out so I have no problem with it. The practice with my dull razor taking shaving cream off my face has really seemed to help. It gives me better confidence on what angle, and technique, along with better first pass directions. I had dulled the Gold Bug to use it first as a practice razor and honed it back to sharp again.

Rasiermesser

Wow...that is impressive, likely been doing it all his life too lol.

Originally Posted by TomBoyRed79

Rasiermesser

Wow...that is impressive, likely been doing it all his life too lol.

Somewhere on here, TomBoyRed79, is a thread that Willie actually talks a bit about his shaving. He's not been "schooled" by the internet crowd, but by those around him that shaved. Swiss guy.

I don't get the high shaving angle\more experienced thing as an advanced technique we should have. That is scraping from what I can see and would be horrible treatment for the edge of a razor. The only reason I can think of him getting away with it is that the bevel angle is steeper than normal IMHO. No doubt that tougher than normal skin with lighter than normal beard would help as mentioned helps him get away with it.
The only time high angles are an evil we have to live with is IME is under the nose. Even with that move I prefer to get as much as I can with a lower angle and minimize edge damage. That is just my opinion and if anyone thinks it is fine, go for it.

I don't know guys... I've re-looked at the part 2 video again, and at time stamp 25, 29 and then ESPECIALLY at time 00:33 into the video, he has that razor edge about as close to 90 degrees to the underneath of his chin as one could imagine. Some say camera trick, but the rest of the face looks normal. I also notice the way the spine is in relation to his face and the scales part where they are, as angle. The scales will always be perpendicular to the blade, they don't change. There are some at 60 degrees, but at those time stamps, it sure looks to be pretty steep angle.

At about 00:37 to 00:39 capture

In true NCIS fashion, you found the exact photo frame that proves your point! I love it!

Yeah, from that snapshot, the angle does look pretty steep! Wouldn't a steep angle like that simply have more PULL when cutting the hair (ie scraping) more than anything else?

That's perpendicular for sure, and is indeed a scraping motion. You would likely bend the edge right over doing that with a full hollow, but with a wedge (which is what X-man is using) it may possible be different? I don't know as I have never used an extreme angle with any razor.

Perhaps X will chime in regarding his shaving technique and put this to rest....