Exploring the Science of Shaving

phin · Post by **phin** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:42 pm

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/ ... is=XL#qdig

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:55 pm

Thanks for the article phin. I've saved it for future reading pleasure!

Odio Barbillas · Post by **Odio Barbillas** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:47 am

brothers wrote:Thanks for the article phin. I've saved it for future reading pleasure!

+1 on that!

jww · Post by **jww** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:42 am

Fun read, but my brain hurts now.

ferroburak · Post by **ferroburak** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:46 pm

Shake Sharp Razor? Btw I liked the video site spike

m3m0ryleak · Post by **m3m0ryleak** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:05 pm

There is even, for instance, a correct technical name for the science of shaving. They call it pogonotomy...

This is the Pogo I remember, crap I'm old :

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:32 pm

I remember my confusion when I first saw the word "pogonip."

Blue As A Jewel · Post by **Blue As A Jewel** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:39 pm

I read this last night - its quite a cool little article, well written and surprisingly humourous - not the stodgy approach I expected from 1957...

Thanks for the link!

themba · Post by **themba** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:02 pm

Extremely curly or kinky hair usually grows flatter against the skin. Ordinarily the whisker-skin angle is between 30° and 59°

Boy, do I have this problem! It makes shaving difficult. That's why I use "paint scrapers" and straights. They have no trouble getting those flat whiskers. Great post, thanks!

paperpundit · Post by **paperpundit** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:56 pm

Sadly, this might have been the LAST scientific article written on shaving, leaving the average man with little else in the way of information for the last 53 years.

I mean, think of the improvements we've enjoyed in the last 53 years...we should have more information than this.

zliv · Post by **zliv** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:39 am

Thank for this link. It was really interesting for me.

Blue As A Jewel · Post by **Blue As A Jewel** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:20 am

I followed the "10 Minutes to a Good Shave" this morning as my prep and received and incredibly smooth, comfortable shave - this with a Classic Cobra and Feather Pro blade that just finished its 19th shave this morning.

I rinsed with cold water between passes and as the article suggests as an alternative, rinsed my blade in hot water - did 4-passes in total.... Wowza!

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:32 pm

paperpundit wrote:Sadly, this might have been the LAST scientific article written on shaving, leaving the average man with little else in the way of information for the last 53 years.

Much that came after that has been about the science of marketing shaving goods, rather than about the goods. If we wanted to keep with the times, we'd set up an expensive subscription-only "son of SMF" forum called PMR [pimp my razor] or some similar obscene name.

brothers · Post by **brothers** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:37 am

Blue As A Jewel wrote:I followed the "10 Minutes to a Good Shave" this morning as my prep and received and incredibly smooth, comfortable shave - this with a Classic Cobra and Feather Pro blade that just finished its 19th shave this morning.

I rinsed with cold water between passes and as the article suggests as an alternative, rinsed my blade in hot water - did 4-passes in total.... Wowza!

19 shaves! Never knew that was one of the benefits of the Cobra. I'd think laying in a supply of those blades in sufficient quantities to last through the shaving apocalypse would be mind-bogglingly expensive. One reason I haven't seriously (yet) considered getting a Cobra razor is that I couldn't use any of my SE or DE blades.

Blue As A Jewel · Post by **Blue As A Jewel** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:27 am

brothers wrote:
Blue As A Jewel wrote:I followed the "10 Minutes to a Good Shave" this morning as my prep and received and incredibly smooth, comfortable shave - this with a Classic Cobra and Feather Pro blade that just finished its 19th shave this morning.

I rinsed with cold water between passes and as the article suggests as an alternative, rinsed my blade in hot water - did 4-passes in total.... Wowza!
19 shaves! Never knew that was one of the benefits of the Cobra. I'd think laying in a supply of those blades in sufficient quantities to last through the shaving apocalypse would be mind-bogglingly expensive. One reason I haven't seriously (yet) considered getting a Cobra razor is that I couldn't use any of my SE or DE blades.

Yes, stockpiling options of blades for the Cobra will likely be limited, but I'll enjoy the ride for a long as its there! ...When I decided to figure out how to use my Feather AC in earnest, I was surprised to discover that I could get 3, sometimes 4 weeks of shaves out a single blade. So I expected a similar longevity with the Cobra... This current blade will be voluntarily retired after shave 21...