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The feel for the blade will come with time. Massive congrats on the second straight razor shave! That's a huge progression from the first shave. Left hand feel will come with time, as will blade feel and your feel for stropping...Thanks everyone for the kind words and support. I managed a full one pass shave (wtg) today, it was was a bit patchy, but no blood and no burn. I'm having difficulty using my left hand hence the patchyness, I guess that comes with practice.
I'm worrying that I'm not stropping enough or properly. I'll find out soon enough if or when the blade goes dull. I'm developing a feel for the blade so I think I'll be able to tell.
I'm taking it slow and only using the razor when I have plenty of time to shave.
Yeah That..The Intricacies to Do with Using SRs is Mostly Down to Touch & Feel..In Other Words Sensitivity & Listening Skills..I Teach Internal Gung Fu Martial Art Systems & I Can Tell You..Most People are as Sensitive as a Brick..The feel for the blade will come with time. Massive congrats on the second straight razor shave! That's a huge progression from the first shave. Left hand feel will come with time, as will blade feel and your feel for stropping...
...As you can tell, a lot of the intricacies comes down to touch/feel and not so easily portrayed in a video or described in words.
Keep up the good work!
Is it a hanging strop? If so pull tight to make sure the leather is flat, scratches from the ends of the blade sounds like the strop may not be flat and it is curling up at the edges....maybe.Another shave this morning. I'm getting the hang of the wtg pass though the left side is still patchy. I'm thinking I may try using my right hand on the left side as well. I'm very right handed I'm afraid.
I tried an agt pass on my neck,too soon! One stroke produced a cut and some irritation. I'll need to be more confident with the blade before I go there again.
A question, when I strop my razor the ends of the blade leave scratch marks on the leather, what am I doing wrong?
If it's tight and flat it can only be down to tecnique , it takes time to master and we have all cut or scratched our first strops. Take it nice and slow and you should get it right with time.It is a hanging strop, it's not wide enough to cover the whole blade so I'm using an X pattern when stropping. I should have mentioned that. I thought I was pulling if tight.
If they are just light scratches it will be fine, there is no need to replace , just keep the strop conditioned, I just rub the palm of my hand over the leather, the oils in your skin is normaly enough to keep it right.Do the scratch marks on my strop now no good? should it be replaced? There aren't many and they aren't deep, is there anything I can do to repair them?
Just keep practicing with the left hand untill you get the control or if you find you can shave right handed only just do that. It's all about muscle memory and once the muscles have got it through repetition you will have the control you are looking for.Another shave today, I'm still have trouble using my left hand to shave with with my right hand I get a good angle but I can't control the blade any where near as well with my left hand to the point where I worry about cutting myself. Any suggestions?
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