chrisbell said:Well, I haven't used a slant bar razor, but my understanding is that you need to use the same technique as you would for a standard razor, letting the blade do the work. I must admit I'm struggling to visualise the technique you describe. When you say that the head is horizontal, do you mean that the handle is vertical? If that's the case then you're doing a lot of unnecessary scraping of the face with the guard bar, and the blade is going to be some 1-2 mm from the face. Alternatively, if the handle is horizontal (parallel to the floor) then you're massaging the face with the cap of the razor and not shaing at all. Depending on the razor you're using at the moment, 45 degrees is closer to the ideal, but may be a bit too aggressive - 30 degrees is often reckoned to be a good angle to experiment with. As for introducing a sweeping motion, if you can do that without changing the angle of the blade against the face during the stroke, then it's a good technique as it is effectively a larger-scale version of the "J-hook" technique that mantic59 advocates.
man of leisure said:chrisbell said:Well, I haven't used a slant bar razor, but my understanding is that you need to use the same technique as you would for a standard razor, letting the blade do the work. I must admit I'm struggling to visualise the technique you describe. When you say that the head is horizontal, do you mean that the handle is vertical? If that's the case then you're doing a lot of unnecessary scraping of the face with the guard bar, and the blade is going to be some 1-2 mm from the face. Alternatively, if the handle is horizontal (parallel to the floor) then you're massaging the face with the cap of the razor and not shaing at all. Depending on the razor you're using at the moment, 45 degrees is closer to the ideal, but may be a bit too aggressive - 30 degrees is often reckoned to be a good angle to experiment with. As for introducing a sweeping motion, if you can do that without changing the angle of the blade against the face during the stroke, then it's a good technique as it is effectively a larger-scale version of the "J-hook" technique that mantic59 advocates.
You promised not to be long winded Chris
chrisbell said:man of leisure said:chrisbell said:Well, I haven't used a slant bar razor, but my understanding is that you need to use the same technique as you would for a standard razor, letting the blade do the work. I must admit I'm struggling to visualise the technique you describe. When you say that the head is horizontal, do you mean that the handle is vertical? If that's the case then you're doing a lot of unnecessary scraping of the face with the guard bar, and the blade is going to be some 1-2 mm from the face. Alternatively, if the handle is horizontal (parallel to the floor) then you're massaging the face with the cap of the razor and not shaing at all. Depending on the razor you're using at the moment, 45 degrees is closer to the ideal, but may be a bit too aggressive - 30 degrees is often reckoned to be a good angle to experiment with. As for introducing a sweeping motion, if you can do that without changing the angle of the blade against the face during the stroke, then it's a good technique as it is effectively a larger-scale version of the "J-hook" technique that mantic59 advocates.
You promised not to be long winded Chris:roll:
FrenchBlade said:Chris, have you ever considered going into politics? It's all about talking a lot, but not actually saying much
Max
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?