Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
I'm a newbie SR beginner.
My razors are these.
I shaved with razor #1 and razor #2 before I could have rolled the edge.
So, what I'm noticing is this. Sometimes the razors (all of them) seem to glide along and at least cut some of the whiskers. No problem. Beard reduction is happening.
However, sometimes the razors (all of them) just sit there and don't seem to want to cut anything. In other words, I put the razor to my skin and give it a bit of nudge in the right direction just as I did a few strokes back and it acts like I'm trying to use it to push over a tree. It doesn't want to do anything. It feels like it's up against something.
Don't worry. I'm backing off when the razor doesn't want to move. Backing off and trying something else.
Sometimes this happens more with my very toughest and most wiry titanium whiskers. Upper lip, chin, lower lip. I think mostly that's when it happens. I've never experienced this with a safety razor no matter how dull the blade might be.
This is not a complaint but just a statement of my status: I'm not getting very good shaves at all compared to what I can easily get with probably any safety razor. No surprise as I've done only about eight SR shaves. People say it takes a hundred.
What is it called when the razor doesn't want to go like this? What does it mean?
I assume it's either a razor which isn't very sharp at all or my bad technique, but I am guessing about these. Perhaps its a sign of one or the other or something else. Any pointers?
I have in transit a vintage but NOS razor which is said to be sharp. From JR on eBay.
Thanks for any information or pointers.
Happy shaves to everyone,
Jim
My razors are these.
- GD 66 professionally honed by Classic Edge.
- GD 800 professionally honed by WSP.
- YZ 430+ honed by a member who gave it to me.
- GD 1996 purchased from Amazon "shave-ready" which I've honed.
I shaved with razor #1 and razor #2 before I could have rolled the edge.
So, what I'm noticing is this. Sometimes the razors (all of them) seem to glide along and at least cut some of the whiskers. No problem. Beard reduction is happening.
However, sometimes the razors (all of them) just sit there and don't seem to want to cut anything. In other words, I put the razor to my skin and give it a bit of nudge in the right direction just as I did a few strokes back and it acts like I'm trying to use it to push over a tree. It doesn't want to do anything. It feels like it's up against something.
Don't worry. I'm backing off when the razor doesn't want to move. Backing off and trying something else.
Sometimes this happens more with my very toughest and most wiry titanium whiskers. Upper lip, chin, lower lip. I think mostly that's when it happens. I've never experienced this with a safety razor no matter how dull the blade might be.
This is not a complaint but just a statement of my status: I'm not getting very good shaves at all compared to what I can easily get with probably any safety razor. No surprise as I've done only about eight SR shaves. People say it takes a hundred.
What is it called when the razor doesn't want to go like this? What does it mean?
I assume it's either a razor which isn't very sharp at all or my bad technique, but I am guessing about these. Perhaps its a sign of one or the other or something else. Any pointers?
I have in transit a vintage but NOS razor which is said to be sharp. From JR on eBay.
Thanks for any information or pointers.
Happy shaves to everyone,
Jim