We after spending a week trying sideburns then cheeks I decided to give the whole shave a go today with my straight. It wasn't a wholesale failure but there was plenty of blood that dissappeared quickly meaning no serious cuts and plenty of whiskers left over and PLENTY of Razor burn. I caught myself several time feeling the need to MAKE the razor work instead of LETTING the razor work, thus too much pressure I'm sure. I have the feeling that I have stropped the edge to death with bad technique. I just don't feel like I am doing it correctly. I'm following all the videos and faq and advice I just have not idea how to judge whether I am doing it correctly or not. I can run the razor through my arm hair and it cut hair and it definitely takes off stubble when i look at the lather after a pass but I cannot help but feel like it isn't sharp enough especially after 2 passes WTG and I felt like i didn't shave. Can some give me a good way to know if I am stropping correctly. Perhaps it just takes a lot more laps than I am doing. I have a 5/8 Stainless INOX razor from SRD. I guess it is a "generic" soligen made razor.
Not a dissappointing shave but....
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Here is a detailed explanation on stropping along with 2 videos showing how to do it,
if your razor is cutting your arm hair well enough it may be your angle needs adjusted, and to get really close you will need to do an atg pass besides the wtg passes, take your time and as you mentioned let the razor do the cutting and don't apply pressure or you will get the irritation
if your razor is cutting your arm hair well enough it may be your angle needs adjusted, and to get really close you will need to do an atg pass besides the wtg passes, take your time and as you mentioned let the razor do the cutting and don't apply pressure or you will get the irritation
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Thanks crankymoose that is exactly what I was looking for.
