Shaving face with a Ritter Grip?

WadeF said:
I had a 40 degree edge on the Ritter Grip and it shaved. I don't know what kind of angle is on my straight razors, 14-20 degrees total or less? I guess it would be easy to figure out with a protractor.
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Yeah, I believe most straight razors, particularly those that are hollow ground, tend to have around a 15 degree angle for the edge (sometimes less).

If you don't have a protractor handy, you should be able to approximate it by measuring the thickness of the spide, and the width of the blade. Hollow ground straight razors are sharpened on a plane in line with the cutting edge and the spine. So just use the width of the blade as the radius, and the thickness of the spine as the fraction of the cirumference.

(2 * pi * r) is the formula for the circumference from the radius (written that way because vBulletin converts the ampersand to &, so I can't include a 'pi' character). Then convert the width to degrees based on the width of the spine over the cirumference being equal to x over 360 degrees.

Wow, I am such a geek sometimes.

I'll shut up now. ;-)
 
I do it fairly frequently. It is my standard test for whether a knife is sharp enough to be seen with out in public. I do it as a test at home. At work I do it if I have forgotten to shave for a couple days in a row and I have to meet with somebody from the home office. I use hand soap from the lavatory and paper towels soaked in hot water to soften my beard. I stick dry paper towels in my collar to catch drips. You really want to get the hair soft and have a lubricant when you do this. I commonly use my 3.25-inch Adventurer SAK blade. I sharpen it at about 10 degrees per side with a micro bevel at around 12 degrees per side.

PS. I have a Van Dyke beard/mustache combination so I don't have to shave the point of my chin or under my nose.
 
I do with my CRKT Point Guard. It shaves well DRY too but you can feel your skin abraded, but not to the point it hurts when you wash. But perhaps it's my sharpening skill :o
 
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