Thread: shaving with your wrist or arm?

dear Sirs, curious how much you use your wrist or keep it stiff and move only your arm? i find that to keep my angle consistent i have to move only my arm but if i'm not paying attention i use only my hand/wrist which i find a more natural movement. also which provides the better shave in your opinions? thanks...

Mainly wrist action. Offers better control of the razor's movements.

Arm as much as possible and wrist as little as possible.

Arms mostly for gross areas and wrists and fingers for more detailed work. Unless of course you shave with your feet and then I guess you use your toes and ankles.

I tend to use both equally much.
It very much depends on what area, grip and stroke I'm using at any given time.

That's an interesting question, I had to ponder it for a while. I believe I am using arm for movement, and hand/wrist for adjusting the angle and pressure.

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A little wrist action is helpful, if your comfy with it. Better shave? Probably not.

I use only the wrist with my shaving arm's elbow tucked against me. I found that I have my best control that way. I have used the entire arm in the beginning, but I got more nicks that way.

Like a lot of things, it's all about what works well for you. I have seen str8 razor shaving videos where the person has his elbow sticking out and he's doing a great job shaving; it works well for him.

Mostly the arm. Even when I use the wrist, I think there's still some whole-arm movement going on, the possible exception being when I shave under my nose. It probably took a little practice and paying attention in the early days to be able to keep my wrist straight and relatively still without death-gripping the razor, but I guess I got over that hump a long time ago--don't even think about it now.