Thread: First Square Point Shave

Originally Posted by xman

Great to hear it. The fear of spikes really is overblown among new straight shavers, myself included. I anticipated the same things

+ 1 on that. I only have square/spike points, and the fear is overstated for sure. No spike injuries yet...... as the saying goes, it's hip to be square.....

As a fellow newbie who's also only shaved with rounded Str8s I can sympathize, but just acquired a vintage Boker spike point, which I spent the last day cleaning, stropping & polishing.

Looks lke she had enough of an edge left on her that I was able to bring it back with just the pasted strop paddle, linen & leather - we're about to find out!

I started out shaving with a spike point. I now have a couple of razors, one of which is a round point. I like the round point because the hair on my neck grows sideways, so going against the grain is easier with that. However, my spike points are still my favs. I have a pretty well defined goatee and sideburns, and it allows me to do really fine detail work.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

...... as the saying goes, it's hip to be square.....

I'm gonna steal that one.

X

Originally Posted by xman

I'm gonna steal that one.

X

Not a problem X, I'm just surprised no one else has used that one yet...... not that I've seen anyway

Square point, round point, I like them all. A round point "rides the tube" under my jawline down to my neck which a spike can't do without the tip nicking me. Spikes do give me love bites on my ears every now and then, but often I don't even notice until after the shave. I still shave with both kinds and like them.

Chris L

Thanks for all the input, guys. I think a round point is easier for a first razor, but a square point isn't as scary as one might think. It would have been truly sad if I would have passed on my Henckels because of the square point. Sad for me, but I'm sure someone else would have taken advantage of it.