Thread: Having trouble with a new razor

I started on a shavett as well, when I made the change to real steel many aspects transitioned over.

Along with the potential for technique mishap with stropping. (Which you should not have needed to do out of the box from SRD, rinse and shave).

The biggest difference I found was that the angle the blade must be used at is different, it is a bit steeper.

With the shavett I was nearly flat (1 to 1 1/2 spine width) on my face for all passes, with my regular straights it is 2+ spine widths and that varies a bit from razor to razor and the grind.

Within fairly short order I was going by feel more so than looking at the angle.

If you start getting too steep your face will let you know post shave.

All of my regular straights have a more buttery feel when compared to the shavett and I had to make sure I was not using additional pressure.

If you post your area they may be someone close by to meet up with.

Regards
Pat