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    Plausibly implausible carlmaloschneider's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by AusNewbie View Post
    Cheers, guys!

    Just tried a first shave today and I'm convinced the razor isn't sharp at all. Every time I try to pick off a hair with it, it feels like it catches on the hair and pulls it instead of cleanly cutting through. I can also run the blade across my skin softly without any sort of cut. Surely that isn't right? Does that sound like it's not correctly honed or just not correctly stropped? Should I talk to the ebay seller about it? :S
    It's hard to know if the razor isn't sharp, but shaving should never feel like pulling hairs. In fact, with a well honed razor you shouldn't hardly feel hairs cutting. However, I'm considering your use of the words 'pick off a hair'. You should use even, short strokes. When you say 'run the blade across my skin softly' do you mean like a slicing motion? That would certainly cut if you were using a sharp razor.

    I wonder if there's another member in Melbourne you could meet up with so he could evaluate your razor's sharpness, and maybe hone it for you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider View Post
    It's hard to know if the razor isn't sharp, but shaving should never feel like pulling hairs. In fact, with a well honed razor you shouldn't hardly feel hairs cutting. However, I'm considering your use of the words 'pick off a hair'. You should use even, short strokes. When you say 'run the blade across my skin softly' do you mean like a slicing motion? That would certainly cut if you were using a sharp razor.

    I wonder if there's another member in Melbourne you could meet up with so he could evaluate your razor's sharpness, and maybe hone it for you?
    johnmrson is down that way. Could give him a hoy via PM. Otherwise James can set you right with it if you post it to him and include a return postage in the post pack.


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