Thread: First GOOD shave

My straight razor shaves have been quite ok so far, but tonight I realized, what a really good shave can be. Today I received this French Nose Ram's Horn razor and it was even more beautiful than in pictures. I did the HHT with it and it popped hairs more easily than I have ever seen. It also felt extremely sharp and smooth against my thumb pad. Shave ready right out of box! I did not find it necessary to do nothing for it, so I went to shave right away.

The shave was really close and I only had to do one pass with the grain. Blade was quite light and gave me instant feedback. Now my face is as smooth as baby butt, there is not a single cut in it, and skin is not irritated at all. That razor cost quite lot of money but at this point I feel it was worth every penny.

Congratulations. Just for the record, the HHT, but especially the TPT, are tests to establish the status of the edge during honing.

Congrats, Sami!

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

Just for the record, the HHT, but especially the TPT, are tests to establish the status of the edge during honing.

Just to add to what Robin said, the shave test is the definitive test, and it looks like yours passed.

That's right. The razor seemed allright in every way, so i went to shave without doing anything for it. And it passed the most important test as well

Originally Posted by sami

That's right. The razor seemed allright in every way, so i went to shave without doing anything for it. And it passed the most important test as well

AFAIK, Steve (blueprinciple here) honed and stropped it before sending it to you and he does put a mean edge on shiny things.

Congrats on your silverwing and welcome. Always nice to see more Finns.

+1 to all the advice given. The only real test is the shave test. If you use the TPT on a shave ready razor you could damage the razor or your thumb..!

I like your new sig line ursus..!

Originally Posted by ursus

AFAIK, Steve (blueprinciple here) honed and stropped it before sending it to you and he does put a mean edge on shiny things.

Congrats on your silverwing and welcome. Always nice to see more Finns.

Oh, I thought that the razor was sold with factory edge but now I don't wonder at all why it was so sharp. Very good customer service indeed.

As Stubear said, thumb pad test can damage shave ready edge and I was aware of that. In fact, I didn't do the actual TPT, I just extremely lightly and gently slided my thumb along the edge in order to feel if there is any roughness or saw edge in it. I don't find that too dangerous for the edge but please correct me if I'm wrong. Sorry if I sometimes choose my words little incorrectly.

That sir is a thing of beauty.

Kudos on the milestone and thanks for the picture.