Originally Posted by
bill3152
The feather may be sharper I know but a properly honed and stropped straight is MORE then sharp enough to shave your stubble to the skin. I've wrestled around with sharp, trying to see if I can hone one like a feather de blade, but the reality is you don't have to. And I prove this everyday with a bbs shave with no irritation, weepers etc. My neck stubble is like wire.(I'm 48 years old)And it grows sideways and flat but at the end of the shave, its all gone. And that's why I love a straight so much. I love the whole process, honing, stropping experimenting and learning. I'm only 9 months in and I don't know nothing compared to the experienced guys here, but I know enough to hone strop and get a bbs everyday.