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The technique of shaving is similar so yes a good step towards a straight razor.I have always flat fell flat on my face with straight razors but I keep getting an urge to nail it one day.
Is a shavette a good way in to learning technique? I really don't want to go down the road of the maintenance etc of a straight unless I am 100% confident about what I am doing. A shavette appears to remove this side and I have enough AC blades to keep me happy for a lifetime.
Any advice please and as always very welcomed
I have always flat fell flat on my face with straight razors but I keep getting an urge to nail it one day.
Is a shavette a good way in to learning technique? I really don't want to go down the road of the maintenance etc of a straight unless I am 100% confident about what I am doing. A shavette appears to remove this side and I have enough AC blades to keep me happy for a lifetime.
Any advice please and as always very welcomed
On a personal note I've found a straight razor to be more forgiving than the AC type shavettes but that may just be someting I found and may not be common across the boardThank you for your replies and appreciated.
I was thinking towards an option of getting in to learning a straight without having to go down the straight road. I thought a shavette might have been a good place to start but reading between the lines, 'not in every case'
I take it the technique is much the same and assume they can do just as much collateral and no more forgiving.
SR are less sharp so they are more forgiven than Shavettes. Even if you can shave with a SR you have to be ever so gentle with a Shavette but you get used to a shavette and find the right blade for you then it's very enjoyable.On a personal note I've found a straight razor to be more forgiving than the AC type shavettes but that may just be someting I found and may not be common across the boardP.
Buy one ready to shave straight and play, if you like it, then get the strop, paste, stone, and lapping film. I feel like the maintenance is endless.
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