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What is a Slant Safety Razor?
The Slant Safety Razor is derived from the regular Safety Razor. The version with a straight fixed shaving head with also Double Edge Blades inside. Only the slant a crooked, twisted, head that also fixed The frame is mounted and also not adjustable.
The non-adjustable shaving head does not move with the shaving movements that you make. However, due to the slope of this type of knife you can do the bearded hair in a very comfortable way in a very comfortable way cut Instead of the heels. With the Safety Razor with straight shaving surface you shave more over the beard hairs, so that the hairs are pushed a little more in.
In this way the shaving result is slightly less slippery than with the slant with sloping interface. With the slant, the face, after the shave, feels a little less rough On. Smouther. That is.
The sloping head of the slant cuts easier, less aggressive, over the beard hairs because this system experiences less resistance. That is why this knife is also a bit more suitable for the stiff full beard hairs due to its sloping shaving head and when you have a sensitive skin.
This Safety Razor cuts through the twisted head with slightly more space between knife and skin. The knife does not push too much against the stubble, so that these beard hairs also press less against the skin. They become directly and smoothly angle cut off. Of course this also yields a profit with regard to possible irritations. With this way of shaving, they are nil and produces a smoother comfortable shave.
How does a Slant Safety Razor work?
This type of razor cuts, such as a regular safety razor, the beard hair/stubble does not straighten but approaches the hair and skin in a different way. Due to the sloping shaving head, this knife touches the hair in a corner, so that less pressure is applied to the hair follicles in this way and the stubble is shaved smoother and not "chopped".
It is all a bit more efficient because of this way of "gliding over the skin". The knife glides diagonally over the skin and therefore grabs more skin (and hairs) in 1.
Because of these properties it is slant knife also popular with men with thick beard hairs. Curious stubble. The "cut" is just a bit more comfortable. You also feel that, partly due to the weight of the knife, you have to put less pressure when you glide over the stubble from top to bottom with the Slant Safetyrazor. You notice immediate results.
Because of the sloping position of the knife you feel that you cut the hairs efficiently without having to put any force. Because of this way of shaving, the chance that you will damage the hair follicles is also many times smaller. Just let the slant do the work.
Features of a Slant Safety Razor:
- Because a Slant Safety Razor has 1 double -sided knife (Blade), instead of the disposables with multiple blades above each other, the chance of damaging the skin is smaller. During a shave, only 1 knife goes over the skin instead of 3 or more. In the latter case, the chance of irritation, shaving pists or red rash (shaving fire) is greater. Your skin has more to endure with multiple blades - during 1 get.
- Due to the oblique placement of the razor You have to put less pressure on it than with a regular safety razor with a straight -placed head. As a result, the hair follicles simply have less to fear, making a shave a relaxed exercise without nasty irritations.
- Because the knife in the Slant Safety Razor, in connection with the sloping position, cuts the hair more easily and therefore slides extremely effectively, this also has an effect on the lifetime of the Double Edge knives. As a rule, they last a little longer than the blades in the regular Safety Razer with a straight shaving head. Let alone the disposables ...
- A Slant Safety Razor also lends itself excellent for the neck shavings due to its shape.
How to shave with a slant razor
Shaving with a Slant Safety Razor really feels different than when you stand in the bathroom with the "commercial" knives (disposables). Apart from the fact that it In The End Many times cheaper and more sustainable. You can shave very precisely with the slant.
Also to be able to update the contours of your carefully grown beard. It is also not so strange that Barbers recommend that you also work with a slant Safety Razor.
When you decide to switch to a Slant Safety Razor, we have a number of tips that you should definitely think of and take it with you in your considerations before you take this type of knife:
- It is useful to experiment with various blades. There are many types of Double Edge blades with different sharpures and qualities on the market; Think of brands like Derby, Gillette and Feather. The performance can differ per knife. Start with 1 type of knife with a not too large sharpness (2-3). Then scrape not only over the skin but also to your technology. If you feel that you have a good command of this, you can alternate with 3 to 4 other types of blades. Varying in sharpness. Then you will automatically find out which Double Edge Mes likes you best.
- When you start working with a slant, it is also necessary to experiment in which corner you place the oblique knife on the skin. This also has to do with the different types of blades. With one you will have to handle the slant Safety Razor the frame just a little right - or slanted - than with the other. In principle you place the knife at an angle of 30 degrees on the skin. You feel the resistance whether the knife glides over the skin in the most efficient way and cuts through the beard hairs. An aggressive type of Double Edge knife will also have an effect on which position you use the slant.
- With a good Slant Safety Razor you hardly have to put pressure on the skin. This is in contrast to the light commercial blades with disposable cassettes. With the slant you have a serious instrument in your hands. Due to the weight of this razor, it automatically glides over the beard hairs and skin. It has contact with the skin without having to put strength. Think of it as a sharp saw that you also "let the work done" when you "cycle" an oak shelf. You move the Safety Razor extremely extremely gentle About the skin. In the beginning, be careful anyway because you are dealing with a sharp knife that you first put over the skin for the first time. It is really a different sensation than with the disposable systems. But you will feel that soon.
Of course it is also important that when you start with a professional razor when you start the slant you actually have to "invest" in real and high -quality shaving soaps. A preshave and one aftershave helping on the shelf with an extremely successful and comfortable shave. And once you switched to one Slant? You never want different.
If you still have questions regarding this new way of "bushwacking", we will of course be happy to hear from you! Of course you can also consult with your Barber. Then it simply can't go wrong.
Sláinte! They would scream in Scotland. And that means: health! That also applies to your skin when you give it TLC with a real shaving system.
Good luck with your Slant Safety Razor!
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