How to shave against the grain with a straight?
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How to shave against the grain with a straight?
How to shave against the grain with a straight?
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- Posts: 71
- Joined: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:57 am
Thanks.
I went to a shop, a week ago,
and the owner honed my razor on a Belgian Coticule (yellow stone). Most of his business is selling straight razors & giving demos.
In what angle do you hold the razor to do ATG?
I do almost at 0º.
I regularily splash hot water on my face,
and go over it with the brush, if more lubrication
is needed.
Yesterday I tried that for the first time.
The chin is hard to do though.
As I am shaving everyday, with the straight razor, I had almost no skin left after it...
But I must say, experience is growing,
one day i really had to take the bus, and shave (lather, clean the razor) in 10 minutes, and it worked!
the results are getting better than with the Gilettes Sensor or Mach3, that I used before.
I went to a shop, a week ago,
and the owner honed my razor on a Belgian Coticule (yellow stone). Most of his business is selling straight razors & giving demos.
In what angle do you hold the razor to do ATG?
I do almost at 0º.
I regularily splash hot water on my face,
and go over it with the brush, if more lubrication
is needed.
Yesterday I tried that for the first time.
The chin is hard to do though.
As I am shaving everyday, with the straight razor, I had almost no skin left after it...
But I must say, experience is growing,
one day i really had to take the bus, and shave (lather, clean the razor) in 10 minutes, and it worked!
the results are getting better than with the Gilettes Sensor or Mach3, that I used before.
I shave daily 3 ways with a straight and have plenty of skin left. I wonder if your're using too agressive an angle when your're going WTG. Do you have a rich lather? When I go against which is my last pass I am between 20&30 degrees.
I find straight shaving is the most comfortable of all blade methods.
Have fun.
I find straight shaving is the most comfortable of all blade methods.
Have fun.
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- Posts: 71
- Joined: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:57 am
Lathering;
I use the Dr.Harris Arlington soap.
it builds up a lather, that is beyond belief! And it smells like in Heaven.
I will try the lighter touch, the cheeks are going fine ATG,
just the chin, is a bit more difficult.
I must agree, that I do not regret the day I switched to Straight razor/badger brush/hard soap.
The Straight razor ATG finish is definitely smoother than the Mach3 ATG.
After 12 hours, it is still pretty OK!
I use the Dr.Harris Arlington soap.
it builds up a lather, that is beyond belief! And it smells like in Heaven.
I will try the lighter touch, the cheeks are going fine ATG,
just the chin, is a bit more difficult.
I must agree, that I do not regret the day I switched to Straight razor/badger brush/hard soap.
The Straight razor ATG finish is definitely smoother than the Mach3 ATG.
After 12 hours, it is still pretty OK!