Do you spin your razor?

Well do you?

When you are done with one side of your face do you spin the razor around to do the other? Seems simple, but I just figured that out. :ashamed001

I'm an unbashed newb and like I have said before, 4 a.m. does not a clear thought make.

 

Since my post pretty much started this, I guess I will say yes. I do spin. :rofl

 

Yes it did and thanks for the idea. Feel free to take the credit.

 

:rofl No credit involved when it is knowledge based. Unless spinning a razor causes you to win the lottery. Then I want 30%.

 

Some blades do have numbers. Maybe that is what they are for.

 

I do a stroke, turn the razor, do a stroke, rinse the razor, then repeat.

 

I try not to rotate the blade during the stroke

 

I am confused, are we talking about your razor or the blade?

 

I meant both. It was a dumb joke

 

What was the post by Sejanus about?
I've recently started "spinning" (perhaps flipping or rotating are better words?) DE. I had always tried to use only one side of the blade and then after a few shaves when it was getting dull I would switch to the other side. One day it occurred to me to just switch each stroke to get even ware. I felt pretty stupid for not having thought of it. I will often do a stroke or two with one side, rotate ,1-2 strokes, wash. Sometimes I do 1-2 strokes, wash, rotate, 1-2 strokes, wash, rotate. Sometimes i find it awkward to rotate the razor if the blade of my hand is slippery with lather.

 

Oh I had just mentioned in another thread that I spin my razor to promote even blade wear. That was it. It is the numbered blade thread "Am I cheap...".

 

I use the following method:

Shave, Flip, Shave, Rinse, repeat...

This is the most efficient way I found as you only rinse the razor every other turn.

 

Pretty much exactly what I do right here.

 

thats how ALL the cool kids do it...........

See posts #12 and #13

 

I turn the razor after each stroke. That way I keep the blade equally used on both sides and dont wind up wasting half a blade. It would suck to have one dull side and one sharp side, and than figuring out which is which.

 

+1

 

So thats what the other edge is for !

 

I agree that it's the most efficient by far...I just sometimes end up rinsing between rotation if I get too much lather on my blade.

 

Its the DE difference. You can't do that with a SE, I tried and ended up with a streaky beard.