Thread: Good but strangely unsatisfying shave

That was this mornings shave, excellent but lacking. It was with a W&B near wedge with 1/4 inch spine and nearly no concavity to the blade. Felt like I was using a broadsword instead of a rapier compared to the more hollow grinds I am used to. Just a lifeless experience with the only pleasure being having finally gotten the beast to take a good edge. Not detracting from that type of blades ability to shave, which is excellent, but just not the experience I want while shaving.

Bob

You've done it now Bob, and you're going to get flamed by every wedge lover on SRP lol

I'm in the same boat. The shaves are good but I don't really prefer wedges. I enjoy heavy grinds in a rotation, basically variety for variety's sake.

FLAME!



Actually, it's great that we prefer different grinds, won't get in the way of each other on the bay so much

Originally Posted by str8fencer

FLAME!



Actually, it's great that we prefer different grinds, won't get in the way of each other on the bay so much

Absolutely, wasn't meant to be a knock on anyone's preferences or the ability of any particular shave ready grind to provide an excellent shave. I don't get that feeling of disconnect to the act of shaving with anything up to and including 1/4 grinds. Just this particular near wedge with 1/4 inch spine feels dead.

Bob

Talk dirty to it next time-

I've had shaves where I've felt that way. I've also gone back and forth between liking full hollows best, to liking heavy grinds better and back again. Right now I'm in heavy grind mode but that can change tomorrow. Even with the old Sheffields I tend to prefer a 6/8 to the 8/8 and larger. A weight thing as much as anything else. The good news is we will have another shot at it tomorrow and can pick a favorite.

I feel amazing after using a wedge, but that might just be because it's the only straight I currently own. I do hope my next razor (should be here today) is a little more hollow than that though just so I can figure out which one I like better.

I do like the wedge better than my seven dollar shave factory DE with a derby blade though (got a parker in the mail also lol). But that is kind of like saying i prefer filet mignon to bologna. Which I just so happen to as well

You may find that you get the opposite feeling if you're used to big near wedges and change up with a hollow. I can shave with either one and do, but I find the "racket" of the hollow distracting when I'm used to the stealthy cutting of a wedge. Preference can be very dependent upon what one is used to.

Originally Posted by ace

You may find that you get the opposite feeling if you're used to big near wedges and change up with a hollow. I can shave with either one and do, but I find the "racket" of the hollow distracting when I'm used to the stealthy cutting of a wedge. Preference can be very dependent upon what one is used to.

That might be part of the disconnect, the almost total loss feedback from the blade some of which has to do with the lack of "racket". I can and do shave with a variety of grinds and most all give a very satisfactory shaves as in close and comfortable. Again I said nothing about preferring one over the other but just that using that particular near wedge was different, a bit industrial if you will. A noticeably different experience but with the same good end result.

Bob

Originally Posted by ace

I find the "racket" of the hollow distracting when I'm used to the stealthy cutting of a wedge.

I've been reading this POV quite a bit lately and I have to admit that I don't get it. I love the sound a hollow razor makes as it slices through whiskers. It reminds me that I'm actually shaving and not just dragging a piece of steel across my face. JMHO.