Lefonque
Even more clueless than you
I used a SR for years but after a stroke I was not comfortable So I switched to DE
Why don't you now mainly shave with a safety razor?
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With a few DEs and most carts, I can make multiple light brushing strokes ATG for the ultimate in smoothness, and that's never going to happen with a straight. The only downside is that I have to carefully rip out the slime strip from carts.
Thanks. Nick myself every time I pull out the DE. Maybe in 6 - 12 months things will change.
I shave with both DE razors and and half DE shavettes it all depends on how I feel that day what the weapon of choice is for the shave
hahahaha I could see me doing that out of habit to and yeah bet it would not end up to well
why do I not shave with a straight
give it time I will try it
opposite of what you asked is I am into knives and know the maintenance of a blade and not sure I want to do that BUT I can see myself getting into straights but I want to master the safety first and narrow down THEN I can truly compare the straight
so its more a narrowing down process that I am in about 6 months into DE shaving
narrow down my soap/creme = working on it and focus for next few months
narrow down my blades = working on it but decided to narrow soaps first
razors well almost so yeah working on it but down to two brands
my question to ANY and ALL straight WHEN I try one should I use the shavette things to make it easy at first or just jump into a nice one ?
another question since DE blades vary so much and me being into knives both kitchen and daily blades/steel syle vary greatly
so do certain straights kinda match DE style as sharp or smooth or ? I would think so based on the steel ?
how much do the grind style of straights vary ? My hopes would be once I know what I love in DE it can help me decide a straight or does that just not matter ?
give it time I will try it
opposite of what you asked is I am into knives and know the maintenance of a blade and not sure I want to do that BUT I can see myself getting into straights but I want to master the safety first and narrow down THEN I can truly compare the straight
so its more a narrowing down process that I am in about 6 months into DE shaving
narrow down my soap/creme = working on it and focus for next few months
narrow down my blades = working on it but decided to narrow soaps first
razors well almost so yeah working on it but down to two brands
my question to ANY and ALL straight WHEN
I try one should I use the shavette things to make it easy at first or just jump into a nice one ?another question since DE blades vary so much and me being into knives both kitchen and daily blades/steel syle vary greatly
so do certain straights kinda match DE style as sharp or smooth or ? I would think so based on the steel ?
how much do the grind style of straights vary ? My hopes would be once I know what I love in DE it can help me decide a straight or does that just not matter ?
I enjoy using a shavette mostly, but the safety razors work perfectly fine.
JD
JD
Hanging balsa?
Thicc balsa lapped flat with a thinner than thin layer of sub-micron diamond paste/suspension/spray.
I cannot stand to not be able to see what's really going on.
Also, my SR journey sprung from my lust for new sharpening challenges. Touching up a Feather blade on a balsa strop was not going to be enough to scratch that itch.
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rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
A 0.1μm diamond pasted balsa strop mounted on a stiff lightweight substrate. You hold this balsa strop at one end between the thumb and one of your fingers of your non-dominant hand, allowing the strop to hang down.
With your dominant hand, you hold your SR and lap the edge vertically up and down on the diamond pasted face of the balsa strop. The purpose of this is to strop with even less pressure than the weight of the blade.
If this is done for about 50 to 60 laps as edge maintenance after each shave with a shave-ready edge, that blade need never touch a stone/film again.
Having recently adopted the hanging balsa, one in 1/16" and one in 1/32", because experiment, I have to endorse it. Also, I need to point out that one of its virtues is that it will get to places on the edge where the bevel is almost, but not quite, what it should be.
Tip: Use paste, not sprays, because sprays make the thin balsa want to warp.
Tip: Use paste, not sprays, because sprays make the thin balsa want to warp.
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rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
Ah makes sense now.
Yeah I know what a balsa strop is, just couldn't figure out the hanging part. rbscebu cleared it up.
My apologies
You mean your DE technique is not good? If you use a DE properly there is no razor burn.
Ivr been de shaving since 2008 and don't push for bbs. So bad technique is pretty much ruled out. The quality of shave I have with some.DEs do give razor burn due to variety of geometry or shave angle or blade rigidity issues.
A straught razor has none of this. You can just have a good smooth sharp edge or a bad harsh dull edge and this depends on honing and stropping skills only. I have not yet reached 100 SR shaves and managed to hone only three vintage fleabay razors ever in last three months that i had my first SR shave.I have nicked my beginner strop bad. However with such amateur skills I manage to get a shaving edge which gives a fantastic shave with less strokes than any DE or SE razor. A better shave with less strokes and doing away with variables of geometry, Blade quality etc makes a great winner in my book.
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