Thread: Quick question before I buy

I wouldn't buy "sight unseen" anything from anybody. Choose a razor that YOU want.
There are many good deals out there, also in the Classifieds here.

My first razor was a spike, and a deadly one at that. It taught me respect. I think it's most dangerous when it come up against the area just under your ear lobes, when shaving down the jawline. I think method is the same, basically, regardless of it's a spike, rounded, Spanish or whatever point, I very rarely actually USE the toe of the razor to shave; I use mainly the heel and the body. In regards to the reasoning behind the original question (ref beard trimming) I use only the heel to trim around my goatee, moustache and soul patch, the toe doesn't enter in to the equation. Generally, all I do with the toe is watch it doesn't dig in or slice off my ear lobes.

Having said all that, it's clear to me from the design of very early razors that they were 'all toe', with almost no heel and tapering like denim flares to a wide toe. It appears it may have been pivoted from the heel quite a lot, cutting with the top third towards the toe end, whereas I pivot from the heel only a little, cutting mainly with the belly and heel as said. I find, also, that the width of the razor determines the action, a narrow (4/8 or less) means your gripping digits can almost get in the way of shaving much with the heel, and make shaving with the toe a better option. Many narrow razors have little heel...

Get the rounded point to begin with. I have a Henckels that has a square point and I've cut myself more with that razor that I have with anything else.

Go with rounded points to begin with and you'll cut yourself way fewer times, IMHO.