Loosen a NEW for a more aggressive shave?

[GoldenMonkey]

On page 8 here, it says "for an especially close shave, unscrew the tube about 1/16th of a turn" in the instruction manual for the NEW...I'm curious...I'm waiting on a Bull Mastiff with a NEW head, and wonder if any of you guys have tried this? Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

 

[Jatte]

tried this out , works,

and i think i know why

the blade is a certain length width right,l

and while curved the space betwen the edges is shorter than that of the whole, like a strung bow,

now, when you loosen it the curve straightens out a bit, and the space between the edges gets longer, therefore slightly pushing the blade out, just enough to make that third pass extra close

i might be completely off my rocker though

 

[highball]

On page 8 here, it says "for an especially close shave, unscrew the tube about 1/16th of a turn" in the instruction manual for the NEW...I'm curious...I'm waiting on a Bull Mastiff with a NEW head, and wonder if any of you guys have tried this? Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

It didn't seem to make a difference with me

 

[Luc]

I didn't try it but my only comment is if I translate the French version of that last paragraph on page 8 it would sounds like this:

If we want a very close shave, we should unscrew the tube about 1/16th of a turn.

I find it funny they used it as 'we' should do this...

It's interesting that Gillette would advise this but it makes sense as it should change the blade angle, consequently, the gap, so aggressivity!

 

[jakespoppy]

It seems like loosening the head would expose more blade, as you described GoldenMonkey, and it also seems like that would be the same effect you get when you dial up on a Gillettee adjustable.

 

[GoldenMonkey]

You guys make sense, lol. I suppose lessening the arc of the blade will in turn cause it to flatten out and expose more blade, that sounds reasonable. Besides Jatte, are there any other opinions on the practicality of doing this? Is it even worth it (I mean, does it make THAT much of a difference? Are we talking like taking a Fatboy from 2 to 7?...)?

 

[Jatte]

no, for me, it feels like, the exposure of the blade is not like, 2-7 its something like,

hmmm

i did way more than a eighteenth i do it like quarter or so, but you have to change your angle a bit, think old type, and it brings the agressiveness from like a new to say, to me it feels llike a merkur non adjustable, , i'd say for the touchup it helps to make it a bit easier to ge the closeness to bbs

 

[Oldguy]

This might work fine as long as you keep the same blade angle throughout the whole shave. But in the course of your shave if it loosens up a bit you're able to end up with razor burn. That happened to me once when my razor loosened up while rinsing off the razor between passes. It was clearly my fault for not checking how tight it was but for 3 days I had to avoid shaving a 2" patch that really got scraped. Just be careful.

Len

 

[reegmo]

I didn't try it but my only comment is if I translate the French version of that last paragraph on page 8 it would sounds like this:

If we want a very close shave, we should unscrew the tube about 1/16th of a turn.

I find it funny they used it as 'we' should do this...

From what I understand of French (from my provincially-mandated French instruction from fourth through ninth grade) the pronoun "on" as in "Si l'on tient à se raser de très près...." is mainly used for the first person plural ("we") in informal speech. In more formal speech and writing "on" is third person plural, e.g. "If one wants a very close shave, one should unscrew the tube...". In these more formal cases the first person plural would be "nous".

And I'm sure this all varies with dialect and region.

 

[Luc]

From what I understand of French (from my provincially-mandated French instruction from fourth through ninth grade) the pronoun "on" as in "Si l'on tient à se raser de très près...." is mainly used for the first person plural ("we") in informal speech. In more formal speech and writing "on" is third person plural, e.g. "If one wants a very close shave, one should unscrew the tube...". In these more formal cases the first person plural would be "nous".

And I'm sure this all varies with dialect and region.

Probably does varies...

The way it was translated by Gillette is proper. I think it's funny because it's so formal, as you pointed out!

 

[SRock]

This has been discussed over and over on the board. I think theoretically loosening the head is just like dialing in an adjustable. However, do I do it? No need. I get BBS 99% of the time with any of my NEW razors with the heads properly tightened.

 

[Luc]

This has been discussed over and over on the board. I think theoretically loosening the head is just like dialing in an adjustable. However, do I do it? No need. I get BBS 99% of the time with any of my NEW razors with the heads properly tightened.

That's the other side of the discussion... If you need to adjust a non-adjustable, maybe you need another DE... Let the RAD begin!

 

[GoldenMonkey]

Aw Slagle, sorry...at least I didn't ask what the numbers on my blades are for, lol. And it's all your fault I'm even thinking about NEWs in the first place! Waiting on my Mastiff now...

 

[SRock]

Let the RAD begin!

+1

Aw Slagle, sorry...at least I didn't ask what the numbers on my blades are for, lol. And it's all your fault I'm even thinking about NEWs in the first place! Waiting on my Mastiff now...

No worries, just bustin' your chops a little. I'll be you'll love the Mastiff. Just remember it is heavier so you need even LESS pressure when shaving.