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    When diong the hair test to check the sharpness of a blade does the hair need to be longer than 1 inch and is grey hair harder to do the test with?
    It is probably more that my blades are not sharp enough due to poor stroping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by woody743 View Post
    When diong the hair test to check the sharpness of a blade does the hair need to be longer than 1 inch and is grey hair harder to do the test with?
    Well, the venerable Bart left us with Hanging Hair Test, from trick to probing method - Straight Razor Place Wiki - probably the most comprehensive compilation of HHT knowledge ever.

    I recently acquired a boar brush, scalped it, and have been HHT'ing happily ever since. Mind you, not everybody's facial hair resembles boar bristles.

    Quote Originally Posted by woody743 View Post
    It is probably more that my blades are not sharp enough due to poor stroping.
    Is that a question.

    If so, the answer is a definite maybe. The HHT is considered voodoo by many, and the shave test remains the ultimate sharpness test, obviously. If in doubt, have your razor honed by one of the members advertising the classifieds.

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    As the owner of lots of gray hair, I can tell you that my gray hairs are more brittle and easier to cut with the HHT than the dark ones. Hope my arteries are not in the same brittle condition! YMMV.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Croaker View Post
    As the owner of lots of gray hair, I can tell you that my gray hairs are more brittle and easier to cut with the HHT than the dark ones. Hope my arteries are not in the same brittle condition! YMMV.
    When shaving your arteries, always remember, it's down, not across.

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    A member of this forum told me the only real way to test if a razor is ready to shave with it is to lather up and shave. My straight razor teacher tells me the best way to tell is to attempt to cut paper with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
    My straight razor teacher tells me the best way to tell is to attempt to cut paper with it.
    Pray tell, does your straight razor teacher sell hones as a sideline?

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    I have a full head of silver-gray hair. I can tell you that I think it really depends on the fineness of the hair itself. I found that testing my razors on my arm and leg hair is totally different than the hair on my head. The arm hair pops right now. The gray hair, on the other hand, since it is so fine takes a much sharper edge to do the HHT successfully. In the wiki under hoaning there is an example given by the last gentleman doing the HHT with the blade up and stroking the hair against the blade. That is how I test everything only with my fine gray hair. Blades shave my course beard with ease every time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeBerlin View Post
    When shaving your arteries, always remember, it's down, not across.
    Good one! ROTFLMAO! Wish it was as easy to remove arterial plaque, as it is to plane off gray whiskers with a straight razor.

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    If you are talking about the hanging hair test, it is more of a parlor trick that a real test. I have a number of razors that fail this test and shave great and some that pass the test but give a horrible shave. The only test that counts is the shave test.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fccexpert View Post
    If you are talking about the hanging hair test, it is more of a parlor trick that a real test. I have a number of razors that fail this test and shave great and some that pass the test but give a horrible shave. The only test that counts is the shave test.
    This.... I have 4 razors passing HHT that i am taking back to the stones....

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