I'm just wondering

[dpmtherrien]

Today's shave turned out to be really spectacular, but I have a question about it. The only thing different I did was today I used my 1904 open comb razor. I usually use my 1904 straight bar which gives a great shave. Today I had a 3 day growth of beard and I decided to use the open comb. I have a couple of open combs, the 1904 and the HD, but I seldom use them. Today I thought I'd give my usual technique, but just use the open comb. I took my time and used my usual WTG, XTG, and ATG passes. Outside of 2 small nicks, which were my fault, I know how they happened, the shave was nothing short of BBS with very little blade buffing and water touch-up. I'm very pleased with the outcome as it was clearly much better than with my straight bar shaves. I don't think I did anythning different that I normally do, so I'm wondering if that open comb razor could give that much better of a shave? Whats the general view/feedback on this? Thanks.

Regards,

Paul

 

[82R100]

Part of it could be from your not having shaved for three days. A lot of the guys here seem to find that the first shave after a hiatus is better than usual.

Your post strikes me as funny. You're puzzled and mystified by a remarkably good shave.

- Chris

 

[mretzloff]

Part of it could be from your not having shaved for three days. A lot of the guys here seem to find that the first shave after a hiatus is better than usual.

Your post strikes me as funny. You're puzzled and mystified by a remarkably good shave.

- Chris

Chris is correct, but it may also be the razor. Open combs are more aggressive than razors with a safety bar.

 

[SiBurning]

Venus is transiting Virgo. Enjoy the 2 1/2 hours of shaving bliss.

Seriously... you'll only know if you can repeat this fairly consistently.

 

[Luc]

Chris is correct, but it may also be the razor. Open combs are more aggressive than razors with a safety bar.

Not completely, depends which open comb vs. which safety bar. There are very mild open combs out there.

 

[luvmysuper]

Try it again tomorrow and see if that's it.
No doubt some guys have a "go to" razor, and this is an example of why.