Thread: Easiest way to find/learn various techniques?

This is a good resource as well for tricks and tips on shaving passes: http://www.shavemyface.com/downloads...azor-Shave.pdf

I printed this out when I first started shaving with a straight - it might be basic for you if you are 5 months in but it doesn't hurt to look at some of the basics again occasionally

So how often should I be using the diamond paste then?

i just got done watching lynns dvd, he does go into the xtg pass i cant remember if he also does the atg. but the video is still worth it i learned alot of stuff. one thing that really helped me was only running my razor on linen 10 times and then only stroping 30 times. seems to be just about hte right combo for my blade.

My advice would be: Not to dig deep, or at all, for that bbs with any pass esp ATG and XTG. Light pressure and stretch that skin. I don't lather What I'm not gripping at the time. My own technique I guess. I work from bottom up. Neck/throat. Jaw/round. Cheeks/Jowles. Then last sideburns. Or maybe upperlip last. I like dry skin to get a good grip on, so as to stretch. Also watch for razor pitch. One spine, two at the most, width high from the skin so to keep the edge close to flush with the skin. 30 deg or something. Maybe your razor needs a tune up.
Hope this and the other posts help pal.-J

Originally Posted by jcw122

It came shave ready from KenRup. I have been maintaining it by doing about 5-7 laps on diamond paste every other shave, and about 100 laps on the normal side before each shave.

Oh.Okay Too much of a good thing. Get that joker re honed

Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC

Oh.Okay Too much of a good thing. Get that joker re honed

OK I think I will, but how often should I be using the diamond paste then?

I would go until you start to feel it pulling the first time, then freshen it up. I might remember how long that took and beat it to the punch the next time round, so if it took four weeks, do it every 3, for example.

I imagine you will go quite a while, do you just have the one razor? I'd advise getting a second if so, just to stretch out the time between getting them on the paste, and also because having a second razor is very handy if you damage one.