You'll get there in due time regarding closeness.It wasn't the closest shave ever, but was totally respectable. I'll take it!
You'll get there in due time regarding closeness.It wasn't the closest shave ever, but was totally respectable. I'll take it!
Try 50, as light as you can go, held in hand, vertically, and add some pull strokes and some short x strokes. You can literally achieve sharpness levels above that of most DE blades and can sometimes match the sharpness of the mighty Feather DE blade. It's crazy, how good it can get when you really nail it.Thanks for the tips. I am still tinkering around. I did 25 laps on 0.1 after the shave.
But I'm finding I can't get BBS, and that when I shave against the grain, I get lots of irritation. My only guess is that the razor just isn't sharp enough. I've experimented with blade angle all over the map, and it hasn't made a difference (obviously more aggressive angles are more painful).
Yes. But when you get it back, keep the angles really low. Shaving at a high angle kills edges. It was one of the first things that having a microscope taught me.Thinking I should send my Bismarck out to Doc for sharpening?
To answer your question first, yes.@rbscebu Sadly, I'm still somewhat stymied by the the SR shaving. I'm comfortable holding the razor now have complete confidence that I won't cut/slice myself, etc. But I'm finding I can't get BBS, and that when I shave against the grain, I get lots of irritation. My only guess is that the razor just isn't sharp enough. I've experimented with blade angle all over the map, and it hasn't made a difference (obviously more aggressive angles are more painful).
Thinking I should send my Bismarck out to Doc for sharpening?