Thread: Straight Razor not cutting as close as 3 blade catridge

Such a welcoming forum! It's so comforting to see "with all due respect" met with sarcasm and ad hominem rejection. It warms the heart.

Even if it were true .......... and I'm not at all saying it is .......... I am too cheap to spend the money on the three blade contraptions. Aside from the savings in dollars (assuming you don't buy hundreds of straights, hones, strops and brushes) the simplicity of shaving with a straight razor cannot be beat.

Originally Posted by ace

Such a welcoming forum! It's so comforting to see "with all due respect" met with sarcasm and ad hominem rejection. It warms the heart.

You have been allowed to stay which speaks volumes with all due respect....................

Gugi man, did you have to post those pictures I think I lost my appetite.

Adonis, really?

" let me tell you this: my razor is so sharp it slices a hair in half just from dropping the hair against the blade using gravity alone."

No surprise since gravity is 14.7psig...
9:30am on a Monday. Is it time for a beer yet?

IZ6.... Yes really. I am a specialist in blade honing having an extensive japanese knife and SR collection.

JimmyHAD.... Yes I agree, the simplicity of a straight razor cannot be beat, but that's not the point I'm making.

In any case, how nice it is to be welcomed in so warmly to this forum. I congratulate the sarcastic posts.......
Anyway, back to mature discussions....
As I already said, my experience is nothing to do with technique. My point is about efficiency and quality. Fortunately for me, I do not have a troll neck as was compassionately suggested but my hair does grow sideways all under the neck area and for the most part you cannot position a straight razor flat enough against the grain to get a BBS shave due to the neck's curve. For those offering insults who possibly come from a lack of experience or just a flatulent ego, I suggest you try shaving a number of different people to see how varied the quality of SR shaving can be. Yes, I agree for the most part a SR WILL always outperform a three blade. My point is that in the situation I referred to it will not. And that is my experience. I have not gone to a barber yet who has been able to give me a BBS shave under my neck area either.

Would love it if you would post your location. Would like to see your extensive Japanese knife and SR collection if you were anywhere close to my location.

Originally Posted by Andonis

In any case, how nice it is to be welcomed in so warmly to this forum. I congratulate the sarcastic posts.......
Anyway, back to mature discussions....

Hey, don't blame me for the appropriate response to the way you chose to make your entrance. I have only a little bit more than your words to go on.
At this point I will suggest that evidence for your extensive collections and shaving experience is as unassailable as the photographs I offered.

Originally Posted by Andonis

Fortunately for me, I do not have a troll neck

Must be something else then. Heart, perhaps?

Originally Posted by Andonis

As I already said, my experience is nothing to do with technique. My point is about efficiency and quality.

Surely, you have tried a DE or SE razor which happen to share the blade length with a 3-blade cartridges, yet have a single shaving edge. Given your argument one would expect that you'd be extolling their superiority in your situation, rather than a three-bladed razor (while at it, why not two- or five- ).

Gugi, I'm not sure what about my entrance let to an offensive welcoming.... I have a difference of opinion and experience that I introduced with an understanding that I share my own views whilst respecting those of others.... Something not offered to me it seems.

My argument is not about SE or DE blade's it is about a traditional SR length vs a shorter blade that you typically get with a three blade. The point isn't how many blade's it's about length, so yes a DE & SE blade would also outperform a SR in the scenario I gave. I do not use a SE or DE as I still have a bunch of three blade cartridges to use up. I'm not advocating for three blade just stating that the SR does not outright outperform a safety razor in every single situation as is commonly intimated.

I'm not going to go into my knife collection here as it's not the place and it is annoying when a forum goes off tangent, but I'm happy to send pictures if you want to give me your private email.