Thread: Question about scything

Where's Utopian/Ron on this one? I remember him getting all bent out of shape on this topic.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Where's Utopian/Ron on this one? I remember him getting all bent out of shape on this topic.

Unfortunately from what I've heard, Utopian is no longer on this forum.

I've been shaving with a straight off-and-on for a couple years, using a DE the majority of the time, but about 6 months ago I switched to primarily using a straight, only breaking out the DE every once in a while if I was in a hurry. While I'm certainly not an old pro, I've been accruing experience for a couple years before I went exclusive back in September

Originally Posted by gssixgun

The second most important thing to learn to improve the comfort of a Straight razor shave IMHO is Scything, the first being how to Strop properly

I'll second that....but be careful.

The only two times I've ever cut myself shaving with a straight razor was when using a
scything stroke:

The first time was when I was a novice, and didn't know anything; the second time was
40 years later....when I thought that I knew everything and got careless.

And Glen's right about stropping, too.