Thread: My disastrous first shave.

Originally Posted by AndrewJM

HI, Interesting comment about the parker shavette. Is this something other people recommend to learn shaving? I ask this as a beginner, have ordered a razor etc but haven't received it yet.

Hi AndrewJM. The Parker Shavette (there are others available) helped me to learn. It was cheap and to me it made sense as the razor was sharp and if I dropped it, no worries new blade, no harm done, I couldn't mess up stropping it, etc etc.

In a perfect world it would be better to go straight to a straight (no pun intended) but I didn't know anyone locally who could hone at that point so for me again the Parker made sense. A cheap introduction to straight razor style shaving.

When I picked up my straight I cut my self several times as I did when I first got my Parker but within a day or two I was as confident with the straight as I was the Parker. I learned much about light touch with the Parker and very quickly.

Its true my straight gives me a more comfortable shave than the Parker, but I for one looking back thought it was a good introduction.

Funnily enough my Parker was returned to me tonight by a friend I lent it to, he now has his own straight and like me prefers it to the Parker. However we both agree it was a good start for a couple of newbies.

Hope that helps