Thanks for the great breakdown ! Just got my first straight razor last week after years and years of electric razors , disposable razors, etc. Really enjoying my Dovo Bismarck so far, and trying to figure out how to get the most out of a shave. I’m excited to try out many of the techniques you displayed in this video. Thanks again, Cheers!
No one talks about a major reason to use a straight razor, and here it goes: straight razor is the best tool to shave and be smooth up and down. BECAUSE if you are eating your gf p***y, going up and down, you do not want for her to jump up that "you sting my thighs when moving down. So, thanks for this tutorial.
@@LynnSAbrams i have shapton 16000 and 30000 is it enough, or like all I need to buy japanise stone , because people said they are the best for straight razors and its the best finishing , or it's just a fetishism.
Thanks. After use and drying as well as I can, I leave my razor open in a shallow V formation, (propped on the leather case to protect the blade) on the counter for a while. A while? Most of the day… +- My soap is a local beautifully fragrant, oil based cottage made soap which I use as a razor oil and deodorant.
Amazing insight. Seems like this is gonna reduce the wear on the blade to basically zero. Same for the lapping routine. The hone, if not warped after drying, doesn't need to be lapped as frequently as is recommended by other honemeisters on YT. I can imagine that a pyramid more easily mitigates planar differences in multiple hone progressions. The pyramid is something new I learned. Definitely gonna try these edge preserving and time saving methods too. Thank you very much
I noticed you lead the edge on honing stones but trail it on a strop. I'm a novice and want to learn. I've seen someone else saying you should always trail your edge. which is true and why?
I’ve not seen many trail and edge on the stone but if it works for that person great. My preference and success have always come from leading the edge. I can feel both the stroke and pressure better.
Have used noting but leather strops, an Arkansas stone, fabric strop with chromium paste to maintain my razor for over 10 years. As long as you don't damage the edge, you should never need to re-set the bevel.
What a great no-bull channel this is. I see it's some years since you posted a new video, but there's always new people coming in, and great information like this never gets old. Hope you never take the channel down .
Lynn, which finishing stone do you like the best. I am not asking which stone makes the sharpest blade. Which finishing stone feels like shaving with butter. Thanks and I miss Straight Razor Design. Take Care……
Lynn - Why is a hanging strop preferred over a paddle? According to what I understand about blade geometry, I can’t see any value in using a strop that may wrap around the apex at all.
You can try that but really clean the strop after to make sure you get everything off it and then a little oil and or a ton of palm rubbing. You may still feel the nick however when stropping. Make sure you don’t ruin your edge depending on how much damage you had to fix. Good luck.
Watched this video about 2 years ago when I first started shaving with a straight razor came back and watched it again and picked up a few new things. Definitely worth a rewatch from time to time as you get better with a razor!!!
I bought a 3000/8000 Naniwa instead of the 4K/8k stone you mention. I didn’t know there was a 4000/8000. Did I make a mistake doing this? Is 3000 too coarse a grit? I have a 230/1000, a 3000/8000, a 12,000 and chromium oxide paste on the inner webbed fabric strop as you demonstrated. I really only got the 1000 for vintage razors that I find at antique shops and which need a bevel set and complete honing. In fact, I have only used the 3000 on those razors as well with varying degrees of success. There’s a LOT TO LEARN! 😂 But I guess my question is would I be best to stay away from using the 3000 on newer razors? Perhaps I should get a 5000 as well?
thank you for the video. I'm thinking about switching to a straight razor and this really shows me what I'm signing up for and how to do it... one question: is there a reason not to go against the grain in your first pass? would that not give the same result as doing it in a second pass?
I have a heavy beard. I just bought a razor and it felt really sharp out the box. It felt like it wasn’t cutting anything. I just grabbed my disposable to finish. Any idea why it wasn’t cutting close?
This is one of the best, most detailed videos on RU-vid for shaving. I’m having a miserable time trying to get my lower lip area baby smooth….at least without copious amounts of blood. I feel like I need to go against the grain, which would be almost straight up, and angled outwards, but whenever I try, I cut myself, and switch over to the double sided safety.
