Thread: Try not to laugh too hard...

So, if spanish and square points cut so easily what is there advantage from a shaving POV?
I have a new dovo forestal which is advertised as a round point but definitely has more of a square edge on it than my other round point blades. this is the one that I have cut myself on the most lately and has got me a but spooked,especially after reading some of these posts. So again, why use spanish or square pont blades?

As far as I can tell they allow greater precision when shaving around beards, moles or anything else that has/needs a defined edge. The round point is a bit less likely to take off your earlobe if you aren't watching what you're doing but it's not quite as precise. I would consider the difference to be fairly subtle and a matter of preference rather than a big issue.

+1 to what Mick said. The square point is really nice for doing work around the beard. I wear a van dyke and it's great for keeping things square.

Originally Posted by MickRussell

As far as I can tell they allow greater precision when shaving around beards, moles or anything else that has/needs a defined edge. The round point is a bit less likely to take off your earlobe if you aren't watching what you're doing but it's not quite as precise. I would consider the difference to be fairly subtle and a matter of preference rather than a big issue.

got it. I will just have to be more careful with it it seems.

Originally Posted by MickRussell

The round point is a bit less likely to take off your earlobe if you aren't watching what you're doing but it's not quite as precise.

I know a certain Qld. stropmaker who would disagree with that
It's ok MickR still has his earlobe.

Well there's no accounting for someone who's a bit un-co, now is there.

Originally Posted by MickRussell

Well there's no accounting for someone who's a bit un-co, now is there.

'un-co' now there's a word common to the Australian army lingo I haven't heard in YONKS!

I find it odd that square points are used for cutting around edges. I actually really never use the point. I have a Burrell that has more or a triangular point than a square, as in it actually juts out ever so slightly at the point; it's really lethal! How this is a bonus I'm not sure. Though I like it nevertheless (I'm not sure why, maybe a "I'm so brave, stupid, but brave" thing). I actually use the heel of my razor to cut around my Van dyke, though I'd like a razor with a squarer heel rather than a square toe. Some razors I've seen are more squarer at the heel than others, but none I've seen are REALLY square; can you get them? Does anyone have a picture of one? I would myself find it a little difficult to use the toe to cut around my beard, but I still lack experience; maybe when I 'get some time up' I may be able to, 'cause I've 'only been shaving since breakfast' :-)

My old Packwood wedge has a very square heel, and I'd assume many old wedges would be more or less the same in that regard.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Just wait untill you are older and on blood pressure meds and an asprin a day,those cuts NEVER stop leaking ,trust me on that!!

True that!

Originally Posted by MickRussell

My old Packwood wedge has a very square heel, and I'd assume many old wedges would be more or less the same in that regard.

No picture?!