Agreed, pressure has its place, though it tends to be circumstantial.
For example, when using a feather artist club SS, and shaving against the grain on my neck, I'll lay the razor almost flat and apply moderate pressure, utilizing the little bump at the end of the razor. I get far better results doing this than the ~25° barely and pressure, thing.
Like Space monkey said, the "no pressure" slogans are maintained to help the less experienced realize that many shavers use more pressure than they should, which remains valuable, overall, to the community. Highly experienced shavers will knows it's absolutely not universal... though I do wish we would do away with the "weight of the razor" thing, as it's much too rigid a factor
For example, when using a feather artist club SS, and shaving against the grain on my neck, I'll lay the razor almost flat and apply moderate pressure, utilizing the little bump at the end of the razor. I get far better results doing this than the ~25° barely and pressure, thing.
Like Space monkey said, the "no pressure" slogans are maintained to help the less experienced realize that many shavers use more pressure than they should, which remains valuable, overall, to the community. Highly experienced shavers will knows it's absolutely not universal... though I do wish we would do away with the "weight of the razor" thing, as it's much too rigid a factor
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