Thread: Newbie Needs Opinion

Originally Posted by Chinaski

Hello everyone,
I am a newbie in here and I have some questions to ask. I bought a SR couple months ago and tried it, went okey. I hadn't used straight in a row until last weekend(I do now), I had been using straight once a week instead(I've been a DE shaver for nearly one year). Up to now I have approx. 10 shaves under my belt. I can shave without much problem so far, but I decided to use only straight from now on(not even touch up with my DE).
My technique has improving and I can get DFS everytime, one WTG+2XTGs are enough most of the time.
My first problem is when I go XTG(ear to chin) I always get small nicks and sometimes get small cuts because of wrong grip/pressure combo(I think). I watched so many videos and read dozens of journals but still have not found the right grip for XTG especially in jawline. Can anyone advise me on that?
Second question is I have three straight razors from different sources(all came shave ready) I like using all of them in rotation but all of them has different characteristics, one of them is quarter hollow/near wedge and the others are hollow and the edges are different. Shall I shave with one only until I get used to it and then switch to others? or It does not make a huge different to getting used to straight shaving you may say? Because I want to use all of them in rotation to maintain their edges for a relatively long time an I love all my razors.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone:
- - - Heres a question about honing technique as displayed in the library. It says that the heel should lead on the stone. The question then is what is the "heel" ? Are we talking here about the cutting edge or the spine. I ask this because I have been trying to hone with the spine as leading edge and my blade will not sharpen.

The heel is on the cutting edge. You were doing it backwards! Find a diagram of a straight razor & you will understand it much better. Go here:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...uide_to_Honing
Also go here:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cTZvC-GU8r...ight+Razor.png

Originally Posted by Barry2

Hi everyone:
- - - Heres a question about honing technique as displayed in the library. It says that the heel should lead on the stone. The question then is what is the "heel" ? Are we talking here about the cutting edge or the spine. I ask this because I have been trying to hone with the spine as leading edge and my blade will not sharpen.

Honing is done with the cutting edge/bevel forward, not the spine. The heel is where the cutting edge/bevel starts and the toe is where the cutting edge stops at the end of the blade. If you hone with the "heel" slightly ahead, think blade slightly angled across the hone, you will not hone into the stabilizer.

Bob

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Which one? He used that name in damn near all of them.

Answer is "Women".