Thread: Shavette Seemed to Pull - Will a Real Straight be Smoother?

aespo- I would like to try other brands, I just dont know which ones to buy. I recall seeing a sample pack somewhere but I cant find it.

By best response to this is a text message I got from a friend of mine a couple days ago. It's unedited...here goes: Wow my first straight razor shave did all my face and even the neck...I need to work on my chin took the fusion over the parts I missed. Overall great shave better than the safety.

He used a Parker shavette for that shave. Two days prior to this he'd called me saying his razor wouldn't shave. After an evening of intensive straight razor shaving school at regularjoes, he sent the previous. So I'm just guessing, your barber was tired, or just failed you in some area of technique. I find SR shaves much smoother than DE's. But I've never used the shavette,and I learned on Straights. But judging from my friends experience of "NOT sharp followed by perfect two days later", it's not a question of sharpness.

I don't want to pimp a site at all so if this is admin please remove it. Straight razor designs might have a sample pack..or try shave nation.

I am assuming the barber used a new blade altogether?

Yes a straight is definitely smoother - at least that was in my experience. But others have said, it could be a million factors that made it 'pull' here: from prep, to type of software used and so on.

Another suggestion if you want to try a true straight at an unbelievable low price (I have no personal financial interest in this and don't know the seller): Rogers Straight Razor - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

Of course you'll need a strop and later down the road you will have to decide whether you want to maintain your own blades or hire an artisan to maintain it for you.

i'm guessing yes, a real straight would be smoother... because they sell oils for the shavette to help it glide better.. which tells me its not as smooth as a normal

but that's just my 2 cents... i'm a beginner myself

Went back to my Parker-like clone and Derby 1/2 blades . I really enjoy the shaves I've been getting. Yes, you can't be as reckless as you might be with the Feather and Proguards, but it's still really close to a 2pass BBS shave. And you can't beat the easy and cost.