It looks like an assumption I made about open comb razors was wrong.
I recently returned from vacation, having let my beard grow for about two weeks. Normally I shave every 1-2 days during the week, and may or may not bother on weekends. This was the first time in years I had gone unshaven for so long.
Anyway, I decided the appropriate "weed whacker" to remove the extra growth would be my NEW style Goodwill LC. I figured the gaps between the comb teeth would allow the blade to reach the hairs better than a safety bar (almost all my razors are safety bar types).
I was dead wrong. While it seemed the blade was cutting OK, within a couple dozen short strokes, the razor was getting jammed with hairs wedged between the blade and base plate. Rinsing was ineffective in dislodging them. At this rate it looked like I was going to have to disassemble the razor for cleaning several times to finish my first pass.
So I decided to give my usual safety bar razor a try. The result: I finished my 3-pass shave with no problems. Disassembling my Weber afterward (something I don't normally do until it's time to replace the blade) showed just a small number of hairs that rinsing had not dislodged. Apparently, the Weber has plenty of room under the base plate for cut hairs, even long ones, to pass through and be rinsed away. A razor with a smaller blade gap might not work as well in this situation.
In addition, I suspect the Goodwill holds the blade in such a manner that there is a space between the underside of the blade and the leading edge of the base plate, while the Weber holds the blade directly (or more directly) against that leading edge. Other OC razors might not have this problem depending on how the base plate contacts the blade.
Not sure if anyone will find this interesting, or indeed if anyone else has made the same assumption I made about OC razors. In any case, it goes to show that these things don't always work the way you might expect.
I recently returned from vacation, having let my beard grow for about two weeks. Normally I shave every 1-2 days during the week, and may or may not bother on weekends. This was the first time in years I had gone unshaven for so long.
Anyway, I decided the appropriate "weed whacker" to remove the extra growth would be my NEW style Goodwill LC. I figured the gaps between the comb teeth would allow the blade to reach the hairs better than a safety bar (almost all my razors are safety bar types).
I was dead wrong. While it seemed the blade was cutting OK, within a couple dozen short strokes, the razor was getting jammed with hairs wedged between the blade and base plate. Rinsing was ineffective in dislodging them. At this rate it looked like I was going to have to disassemble the razor for cleaning several times to finish my first pass.
So I decided to give my usual safety bar razor a try. The result: I finished my 3-pass shave with no problems. Disassembling my Weber afterward (something I don't normally do until it's time to replace the blade) showed just a small number of hairs that rinsing had not dislodged. Apparently, the Weber has plenty of room under the base plate for cut hairs, even long ones, to pass through and be rinsed away. A razor with a smaller blade gap might not work as well in this situation.
In addition, I suspect the Goodwill holds the blade in such a manner that there is a space between the underside of the blade and the leading edge of the base plate, while the Weber holds the blade directly (or more directly) against that leading edge. Other OC razors might not have this problem depending on how the base plate contacts the blade.
Not sure if anyone will find this interesting, or indeed if anyone else has made the same assumption I made about OC razors. In any case, it goes to show that these things don't always work the way you might expect.
Another OC razor geometry misconception
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