Thread: Another Newbie with questions.

Hi, and welcome, Colleen is a member here, she is in the members list. She also has a few(?) post in the forum for soaps. Again Welcome.

Philip

Originally Posted by floridaboy

Hi, and welcome, Colleen is a member here, she is in the members list. She also has a few(?) post in the forum for soaps. Again Welcome.

Philip

A few posts

I'm waiting for Guiness Book of Records to create a new category for her.

You're off on the right foot and getting some great advice from the rabble. There's little for me to add except, as you start, take your time and really try to pay attention to what is happening on the strop. It's the primary new technique you will be working with having used a shavette and bad stropping can run a fine edge in short order if you rush it.

Keep us posted.

X

Forgive me if this reply does not post correctly, as I am still trying to figure out posting and forums.

Thank you Jaegerhund, Aussie, Floridaboy, ForestryProf, Steve, and Xman for the warm welcome and encouragement.

Floridaboy and Steve thanks for the heads up on colleen's info I will try to get in touch with her as you suggested. Do you recommend any particular scents? Steve thank you for the info on my brush.

ForestryProf thank you for the information and suggestions on products and the heads up on the inevitable addiction caused by shaving with a straight. You really suprised me that a brush could cost so much money.

Xman thanks I will pay close attention as you said to the strop and stropping when my products arrive. I am very nervous about ruining my strop or razor. I am sure once I have the products in hand more questions will follow.

I had a few more questions that were brought on by reading some posts. What is BBS? Also, what is a swaty? I have a question about shaving products as well but I don't know if I should post them here or elsewhere.

I was wondering if anyone can recommend an aftershave or something that is not so strongly scented? My wife suffers from migraines, and strong scents can trigger them. As of now after I shave with my shavette, I splash alcohol on my face and then follow up with witch hazel. Again thanks everyone and if I am posting incorrectly or I need to ask these questions some where else. Please advise.

Hi,
Welcome to the forum, sounds like you are actually off to a great start (I got my start hacking myself to ribbons with a Pakistani POS before replacing it with a smoooooth Dovo...)
There are a lot of acronyms people use on here. BBS=Baby Butt Smooth.
A Swaty (one of my first hones incidentally) is a brand of barbers' hone made years ago that people seek out. There are several different versions, and the hone is named after the original maker in Austria, Franz Swaty. There are also some other versions out there, not necessarily made by him, that are also called Swaty's, such as the Pike "American Swaty" also you will hear of the "two-line Swaty" or the "Three-line Swaty". This simply means the stamp on the hone is written in either two lines, or three...search ebay for "swaty" and you will usually come up with a few hits, like this one. Just an example, I don't know the seller nor is this an endorsement, but should give you an idea. The hone (not the box) is a 2 line Austrian Swaty. In fact there is still a factory making abrasive grinding wheels and disks etc. in Slovenia to this day, but I couldnt' find hones on their site.
Hope this helps a bit.
John P.

Originally Posted by coolhandlurk

I was wondering if anyone can recommend an aftershave or something that is not so strongly scented? My wife suffers from migraines, and strong scents can trigger them. As of now after I shave with my shavette, I splash alcohol on my face and then follow up with witch hazel. Again thanks everyone and if I am posting incorrectly or I need to ask these questions some where else. Please advise.

Welcome to the board Coolhand. Aftershaves (a/s) are one of the more personal decisions in wetshaving and everyone has to find what works best for them. That said, since you have access to Proraso, I would recommend their After Shave Liquid Cream. Its cheap, works extremely well, and has minimal scent- clean and soapy. I've heard good things about their a/s splash, but never tried it. In the end, you'll want to try a bunch of stuff and see what you like.

Enjoy!

Jordan

Originally Posted by coolhandlurk

I was wondering if anyone can recommend an aftershave or something that is not so strongly scented? My wife suffers from migraines, and strong scents can trigger them. As of now after I shave with my shavette, I splash alcohol on my face and then follow up with witch hazel. Again thanks everyone and if I am posting incorrectly or I need to ask these questions some where else. Please advise.

My wife has the same problem and it does limit what I can use. Many times especially if I will be in the car with her I just use witch hazel. It makes it very difficult to enjoy the finishing touch of the shave.
I use Old Spice sometimes as it doesn't have a lot of staying power. She seems to be able to deal with it. Good luck.

I'm not sure about aftershaves to recommend with your Wife's migraine problem, but I can give you one to avoid - Pinaud Special Reserve. That one's a pretty strong scent and seems to give ME a headache every time I use it.