tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515480284164565162.post5445743752643881926..comments2024-03-26T12:01:35.977-04:00Comments on Shave Like Grandad: The Quick ShaveDoug Hansfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15174919444573120386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515480284164565162.post-24697323089659125042015-10-28T15:53:09.406-04:002015-10-28T15:53:09.406-04:00Thanks, Doug. My impression of this technique is a...Thanks, Doug. My impression of this technique is also biased by the fact that my skin does not take water in very quickly or at all easily.Thad Laundervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822588730840509312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515480284164565162.post-12528994098857112572015-10-28T10:06:53.700-04:002015-10-28T10:06:53.700-04:00To your first point, actually it's not rough a...To your first point, actually it's not rough at all. Generally a comfortable and reasonably close shave. I did, in fact, use this technique with an eleventh- and twelfth-use Bluebird blade; I wouldn't do it with a new Feather blade, for example, for obvious reasons.<br /><br />I gave your blade-stacking suggestion some thought and study and am still considering the net effects. I am clear that, unlike in a Trac-II-type cartridge, stacked DE blades are very close together, which makes me wonder if they're too close to take advantage of hysteresis, and might even actually inhibit, rather than enhance, the performance of the razor.<br /><br />For my face, this sounds in sum like a formula for irritation and weepers. However, I'm going to give this more study, and, who knows?, I may give it a try some Saturday for a standard shave (one pass, with grain).Doug Hansfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174919444573120386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515480284164565162.post-74757311497602729892015-10-28T09:03:30.701-04:002015-10-28T09:03:30.701-04:00Sounds kinda rough, like cashing in skin with extr...Sounds kinda rough, like cashing in skin with extra strokes on the same spot. Then again, as a blade ages, it seems the extreme pitch angles converge onto a fairly safe median. I'd be interested to see you try blade stacking as an alternative: I've heard soldiers invented the multi-blade approach, and I'm too chicken/"sensitive" to try it myself!Thad Laundervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822588730840509312noreply@blogger.com