Just how good are you and your edges

So about a week or so ago I was posting in a Cast Iron Cooking FB group I belong to and I posted:

"Think your seasoning is done well ??? Tell me after you forget to add the oil to the pan when you make an Omelette"

Believe it or not there are quite a few of the SR guys that are Cast Iron guys too The hobbies are quite similar

But I was thinking about it this morning when I got out of the shower running late for my one day of the week retirement job

I picked up my Japanese steel and just shaved
No lather, just water

one single multi-directional pass

Now I have done my touch up pass on clear water for years, so I had developed a very light touch for doing it but even then there was still a little left over slickness from the lather

This morning was a test of skills

Honing skill, Stropping skill, but most importantly Skill wielding the blade with a super light touch.

Now that might sound like a little bragging but really it was also enlightening, much like dumping the eggs in the hot Cast Iron skillet and realizing I forgot the butter first.. That surprised me with the fact my seasoning was done well and the omelette slid right out. This morning's shave surprised me with how nice and comfortable it really was.

I am by no means advocating to drop the prep, that is way to much fun, but it was a test of shaving skills more than anything else..

ps: I did NOT have time to look at the edge yet under well lit Magnification to see if I jacked it up, but I will update after I get home from the office..

Still having fun after all these years

Shave On Gents !!!!

 

My edges will cut, comfortably. But, I don't do it often. I've done it a couple of times, on the sideburns only. I have sensitive skin, and I feel it later on. Not a smart thing for me to do. I've tried this with my DE razor too. Again, I felt it later, and it wasn't the smartest thing for me to do.

 

You've inspired me, Glen, to combine those hobbies!
From now on I shall properly season all my blades before putting them away and have opted to forego tallow shave soaps in lieu of the classic cast iron essential: bacon grease.

 

Great..... Just great....

First straights razors. Then beer brewing. Now, I have to learn cast iron cooking. When will these manly pursuits ever end!?

 

Never one hopes. If they do I assume it means you are dead


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GOOD POINT BROTHER!

 

It will probably end when a straight razor dude successfully, and cleanly manscapes his own "Twig and Berries", without turning himself into a bloody mess, or a Eunuch.

 

Ouch.... That's gonna leave a mark

 

Okay.... There ARE things that a DE is just better for LOL

 

Possibliy the rudest response I ever posted over at SRP was when some guy brought this up as a serious question about using a SR to manscape...

I asked if he was familiar with the "Darwin Awards" ???

 

Well, did he try it? Has anyone, to your knowledge tried this?? No pics necessary.

 

Not that I am aware of,, nor do I really want to know hehehe

I don;t doubt it is possible but WHY would you want to ????

 

No, not me. I'm just the never ending yuckster.

 

me either

I am a not that much off a daredevil

 

in wintertime my skin seems a bit dry, and it doesnt work well in the morning, but otherwise i can shave dry, after honing i test the blade dry on my face to see if it is comfy and on my headhair to see if it is sharp.

So i said, why not give it a go, and it works pretty ok, not really comfortable and i miss the foam ritua and a second pass and touch up, bit in case it works, a one pass shave, short strokes, not really bbs but ok, and without major irritation,...

And it doesnt work with synthetics or way to keen knives, bit it doesnt require a real ligth touch.

 

One thing you failed to mention is that you have sparse facial hair. From what I remembered you saying, in the past. If you had thick coarse hair, do you think you might feel the same?

 

I find the truth about my edge is revealed in my ATG pass.

I have forgotten to strop before, don’t want to try that again.

Or Best left to a cart, or best left alone.

 

Sparse is exaggerated, but there are denser beards than mine.
No idea how another person feels when shaving.

However, my first knives were honed on coticule by a guy with an extremely heavy grey beard, at that time I found that the razors pulled (because I didn't fully master the proper technique. I used little or no pressure, a small angle and hardly any scything or guilotinestroke.)

In am convinced that he can shave dry.

People who shave with a verry sharp, aggressive knive are a different story. Once you are programmed that scything and a big angle and some pressure results in a really red shave it is verry hard to get it out of their system.
So my favorite knive is not even shave ready for some people. And if they send me a razor I need a good soap, a verry light hand, lots of concentration and aftershavebalm.
And after a few days with scart Sharp i need To switch the switch To met black To my favorite razors.

 

I possibly would try it wtg only My whiskers are moderately thick and wiry as all get out.

I didn’t know there was such a thing as a Fb group for cast iron cooking. That’s all my mom ever used. I got the fry pan after she passed. It must be from the ‘30’s. I use it camping.

 

Sounds interesting. My normal shave is 2-pass, WTG/ATG, but my cleanup pass is done ATG on a dry face after I've toweled off, rinsed the brush and bowl (if used). Usually this is just on my neck. I've never cut myself doing this (other than cleaning off the top of a bump lol), but like Glen says, it takes a light touch, and a soap with excellent residual slickness is an asset. Then I wipe the razor carefully on a square of TP and observe the stubble: no stubble, soap, edge, razor and technique excellent, a little stubble, OK, a lot of stubble, something needs improvement.

Cheers, Steve