Thread: Stop stropping blindly

Excellent post again! Thanks for sharing.

Viktor

Thanks alot for this tip Josh.

I will have to really check this out tonight when I do a shave. Also, how is the new job treating you. Seems you are trying to be a keener and not come on gmail.

Ha ha. I'm trying to stay off Gmail during the day, lest my company get wise to the little workaround you told me about. I've been spending all night working on the new house... You'll be seeing more of me soon.

I think I just hijacked my own thread.

Josh

Originally Posted by JoshEarl

Ha ha. I'm trying to stay off Gmail during the day, lest my company get wise to the little workaround you told me about. I've been spending all night working on the new house... You'll be seeing more of me soon.

I think I just hijacked my own thread.

Josh

Arrrrg... I think ya did..

So yeah that Thumb Pad Test is the Sh*t

This exact same thing happened just last week and I haven't had a chance to post about it. I did the thumbpad test and ran my finger perpendicular to the cutting edge very carefully and it failed. I didn't give is a second thought at all. I knew the razor was sharp and ready to go and it had been honed in the last month.

I got a lousy shave with that blade, terrible, terrible shave. I realized that I had overstropped the edge and the blade was really dull, suddenly.

I now do the thumbpad test and I rely on the results as well. Love that test.

Thanks for the post and the re-post, too. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow.
Good Job!

Good advice. I'm going to try that, as I have gotten a few Ebay blades and "think" I have them where I want them sharpness-wise. Using this test, I'll *know.*

whats the gmail work around?

Heh, heh. You go to https://mail.google.com.

Seems our corporate web blocker software is configured to block you if you go in through Google's home page, but not through the direct secure URL.

Josh

Cool! Thanks! I will give a try. If my next posts are filled with typos....you'll know I pressed too hard.....


Greg