After using most of the blade and razor formats available (de, injector, ac, single edge) the last medium unexplored was a straight razor for me.
I read that I need a shave ready razor, a strop and a stone. I am familiar using a shavette razors and I get very satisfying shaves when I use one with an AC blade mostly.
So I went and got a shave ready razor from respectable forum member, a poor's man strop and its balsa strop from whipped dog. Thank God for friends who come visit me from USA.
How did the shave go? I don't know if it was the razor problem or me, but I couldn't shave at all. The razor was a 11/16 format and I wish the tail was 1 cm longer.
The blade was sharp when I touched it with my fingers but it tugged on my face. I tried to find the right angle and I could only do very short passes. I need to many passed to clean a small area. The cleaning was not deep at all. Am I spoiled by the Artist Club blade sharpness? I failed with the straight razor and I had to finish the shaving with my AC shavette.
Maybe there are razors and razors...I probably didn't get a quality one, although it is made in Solingen. As it is terrible to source razors in my country, I will try to get the best out of this razor, but I have lost enthusiasm. I think I need another razor of guaranteed quality to completely understand if straight razor shaving is a thing for me.
My best choice was getting an affordable strop. I found out that I can easily cut this trop.
I have another final question please. Do I strop with the spine or the edge in the crox balsa strop? If I used the edge I could cut the balsa with it, so I went with the spine just as in the leather strop.
This was my first day with a straight razor. What did I do wrong?
I read that I need a shave ready razor, a strop and a stone. I am familiar using a shavette razors and I get very satisfying shaves when I use one with an AC blade mostly.
So I went and got a shave ready razor from respectable forum member, a poor's man strop and its balsa strop from whipped dog. Thank God for friends who come visit me from USA.
How did the shave go? I don't know if it was the razor problem or me, but I couldn't shave at all. The razor was a 11/16 format and I wish the tail was 1 cm longer.
The blade was sharp when I touched it with my fingers but it tugged on my face. I tried to find the right angle and I could only do very short passes. I need to many passed to clean a small area. The cleaning was not deep at all. Am I spoiled by the Artist Club blade sharpness? I failed with the straight razor and I had to finish the shaving with my AC shavette.
Maybe there are razors and razors...I probably didn't get a quality one, although it is made in Solingen. As it is terrible to source razors in my country, I will try to get the best out of this razor, but I have lost enthusiasm. I think I need another razor of guaranteed quality to completely understand if straight razor shaving is a thing for me.
My best choice was getting an affordable strop. I found out that I can easily cut this trop.
I have another final question please. Do I strop with the spine or the edge in the crox balsa strop? If I used the edge I could cut the balsa with it, so I went with the spine just as in the leather strop.
This was my first day with a straight razor. What did I do wrong?
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