Thread: Upgrading Quality of Shaves

Originally Posted by DerekC

Excellent post, my friend. Excellent!


As for advice: Perfect your restoration skills, maybe?

Thanks all. I do have a feeling that perfection lies in the direction of edge maintenance, but I don't necessarily want to turn into a honer (yet!) to sharpen razors from scratch.

Guess I'll take that pasted paddle out of the closet (1.0 micron + CrOx).

I don't really think I'm much help telling you what to do, to take your shaves to the next level but I did thoroughly enjoy reading your post. Thanks!

Have a look at this. It's both an education and an inspiration.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...tml?highlight=

And good luck!

Paul

Very few will appreciate this suggestion, and it can be risky, but it does work to consolidate your skills and help you get to a new level:

Speed shaving!

See how fast you can complete just the shaving part, the part with blade in hand, the part right before you reach for the Styptic. Don't do it all the time, but time yourself to see how quickly you can do it. Speeding things up will consolidate your skills. I'm not recommending that you shave this way routinely, only when you want to get on to the next level. I also would not recommend this for anyone with fewer than 60 shaves under his belt. You'll get quicker at applying Styptic too, always a plus.