No Pressure?

[musicman1951]

I am a brass player and every time this subject comes up I'm reminded of the "No-Pressure Method" which was big when I was coming up. Maybe it still is, I don't know. I think most of us figured out at some point that if you wanted to be a high range specialist, at least with any clarity, that we had to modify it to be the "Some Pressure Method." Anyway...threadjack. Sorry.

This is excellent advice. As a straight shaver, when I was learning to shave with my non-dominant hand I realized that I generally got better results with that hand than my dominant one. At first I thought it was just that I was being more careful but then I realized that because I didn't have quite the same level of fine motor control I was moving my whole arm instead of suing my wrist. When I applied that to my dominant hand my shaves got better overnight.

As a trumpet player I'm pretty sure the no pressure method was debunked years ago. But I suppose the no excess pressure method applies to both. There was a mouthpiece with a spring that cut off the air if you used too much pressure. I don't know how we'd do that for shaving.

 

[musicman1951]

OK, I did shave with the Bic Metal today. It was incredibly light, but it only took a teeny tiny bit of pressure to keep it on my face. The shave was not as comfortable as my Wolfman with a PolSilver - but nobody is surprised by that.

 

[musicman1951]

OK, I did shave with the Bic Metal today. It was incredibly light, but it only took a teeny tiny bit of pressure to keep it on my face. The shave was not as comfortable as my Wolfman with a PolSilver - but nobody is surprised by that.

I did one more day with the plastic handle and I do find that it requires what feels to me like a tiny bit more pressure. I'm starting to wonder if pressure is sometimes used as a substitute for better razor angle for a lot of beginners.

 

[PintoPlain]

And I'm a drummer, as my musician friends say, I am not a musician, but I rarely drop my sticks! (Tho I have thrown a few at a bass player with lousy rhythm!)

The bassist wasn't out of time, the rest of the band were . I've encountered that a couple of times.

 

[Frito Ray]

OK, I did shave with the Bic Metal today. It was incredibly light, but it only took a teeny tiny bit of pressure to keep it on my face. The shave was not as comfortable as my Wolfman with a PolSilver - but nobody is surprised by that.

I tried all three single bladed Bics last summer and found that the first shaves were fine with little pressure but as the blades dulled rather quickly, more pressure was necessary with each shave.

A short handled razor also helped(forced) me to use a lot less pressure while shaving, and all of my other razors also now seen to benefit from that technique.

A lot of the conclusions and preferences I came up with in my first year of DE shaving (about 10 years ago) have gone out the window. I’m revisiting old razors and blades as we speak and am amazed at how better they have gotten after a few years in the maturation drawer.

 

[Quaznoid]

Learning to use the right amount of pressure is what “developing good technique” means.

 

[musicman1951]

Learning to use the right amount of pressure is what “developing good technique” means.

Well, it's one part of what developing good technique means. Using light pressure is an excellent idea, but you still need good razor/blade angle - certainly much more difficult to perfect than using less pressure. Good prep and lather are also obviously important, but I don't know if we're including them under the "technique" umbrella.

 

[Halfbeard]

Shavette is a good teacher of pressure and angle. It rewards if you learn , it punishes if you don't.

 

[Halfbeard]

Depends on the weight of the razor. Try no pressure with one of these:
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Why does glowing razor need pressure?