Thread: Short/fat/bald & ugly

I am probably the worst human in history with regards to muscle memory. Throw one little kink into any action and it screws me up. I've played handball for over a decade and if I take a month off, I have to do some serious practice just to get close to where my skill was beforehand. I've been using wedges/shavettes for the past 2 months or so. I went back to a hollow ground (That I have used and owned for a long time) and totally biffed it. The next shave I really slowed it down and consciously watched my angles, wasn't until the end of that shave that I started to get my groove back. It sounds like you really want straights to work and that is good. BUT, you will have to suffer through some sub-par shaves. In time, you'll get the hang of stretching the skin, getting the angles right, stropping and achieving good shaves. As all motorcyclists know, it's the journey not the destination.

Yea… not the same…

Where in California are you?

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Yea… not the same…

Where in California are you?

in Hell, otherwise known as fontana

Originally Posted by dinnermint

I am probably the worst human in history with regards to muscle memory. Throw one little kink into any action and it screws me up. I've played handball for over a decade and if I take a month off, I have to do some serious practice just to get close to where my skill was beforehand. I've been using wedges/shavettes for the past 2 months or so. I went back to a hollow ground (That I have used and owned for a long time) and totally biffed it. The next shave I really slowed it down and consciously watched my angles, wasn't until the end of that shave that I started to get my groove back. It sounds like you really want straights to work and that is good. BUT, you will have to suffer through some sub-par shaves. In time, you'll get the hang of stretching the skin, getting the angles right, stropping and achieving good shaves. As all motorcyclists know, it's the journey not the destination.

the artist club spoiled me. for some reason it was EASY to get a good shave with it, the one exception was being able to completely do my head with it, I was getting irritation ATG with the feather in just one pass, with the Crown king I am able to do ATG up to 3 times before the irritation starts. only trouble area with ANY including cartridge is my neck area, I am never satisfied at the results there.

here is the Crown king.

So, you can't do ATG with a feather blade in the artist, but you can do 3 ATG with the feather blade in the crown king?

Originally Posted by dinnermint

So, you can't do ATG with a feather blade in the artist, but you can do 3 ATG with the feather blade in the crown king?

sorry, let me see if I can clear it up.

with the feather artist club using feather blades I can do 1 pass ATG, 2 is really pushing it. the only other blade I can use on the feather are injector blades it seems.


with the Crown king I use Israeli persona red blades, not feather blades.

I do find the feather to be easy to maneuver, still getting used to the crown king but that thing is rather forgiving.

That Crown King looks pretty cool!
For my face I get more irritation from a Shavette than a straight.

I would guess that even though your edge was pro honed, maybe it wasn't completely good or you might have tweaked it stropping. Beginners have no point of reference what sharp and shave ready actually is, that's one of the biggest problem we see here.

Originally Posted by jkcerda

tried it a few times & simply did not like it, hat it professionally honed and still did not like it. been using the Feather artist club for a while and that works fine, recently I found an awesome shavetter (Crown King) and for the first time I was able to do face and head with just that blade, before I had to finish up with a cartridge as the irritation got to be just too much.
I KNOW it's me and not the blade.

Originally Posted by rodb

That Crown King looks pretty cool!
For my face I get more irritation from a Shavette than a straight.

I would guess that even though your edge was pro honed, maybe it wasn't completely good or you might have tweaked it stropping. Beginners have no point of reference what sharp and shave ready actually is, that's one of the biggest problem we see here.

I did not strop it, blade passed the HHT, I know I am the problem, I gave up quickly on it , it is not the end of the world, Kamisori's are next if if that does not work I'll just stick with the feather & crown king.

Reminds me of my ill spent youth, Mad Magazine of the 70's, and a song parody to the tune of "The Girl From Ipanema" started off: “Short, and fat, and bald, and ugly, the guy from Jersey City's loaded . . . “

Can't believe I found it online:

Originally Posted by jkcerda

I tried different angles and simply gave up. already letting the blade go on E-flay, going to try Kamisori and if that does not work I'll just stick to the Crown King as that thing has is working well for me, much better than the feather artist club.

Well it is all about finding what works best for you. It is after all your shave Zen you are seeking. If you have something that is all that then perhaps sticking with it is a pretty good plan.