Most experienced wet shavers recommend using short and slow strokes when shaving with a DE razor but could someone, please, quantify SHORT and SLOW for me.
Does short mean razor traveling a distance of 3" or 1/2" ?
It is more difficult to quantify a SLOW stroke since what can we possibly use for measurement - mph, perhaps. But seriously, I think that just saying to go slow is open to wide interpretation.
For instance, I noticed in the last few posts about various types of blades that for every guy reporting that he gets a great shave from, say, a Persona blade there is someone else who says that his face is totally ripped up by the same type of blade bought in the same Wal-Mart store. Who am I to believe, then? I understand that people are different but the opinion about the blade cannot possibly diverge that much, can it? I often wonder if one guy is doing 10mph while the other is speeding up at 100mph.
Till now, what I thought was a 'slow' stroke would slice off pieces of my skin causing bleeds and irritation so I figured it was too fast. I am experimenting with 'sloooowly' dragging my razor to see if it helps. Maybe, we can come up with some way of being precise, so that we can all be on the same page.
Does short mean razor traveling a distance of 3" or 1/2" ?
It is more difficult to quantify a SLOW stroke since what can we possibly use for measurement - mph, perhaps. But seriously, I think that just saying to go slow is open to wide interpretation.
For instance, I noticed in the last few posts about various types of blades that for every guy reporting that he gets a great shave from, say, a Persona blade there is someone else who says that his face is totally ripped up by the same type of blade bought in the same Wal-Mart store. Who am I to believe, then? I understand that people are different but the opinion about the blade cannot possibly diverge that much, can it? I often wonder if one guy is doing 10mph while the other is speeding up at 100mph.
Till now, what I thought was a 'slow' stroke would slice off pieces of my skin causing bleeds and irritation so I figured it was too fast. I am experimenting with 'sloooowly' dragging my razor to see if it helps. Maybe, we can come up with some way of being precise, so that we can all be on the same page.
