Thread: first post ... and a dilemma

hey guys, i’m a long time lurker but a first time poster. i’ve been shaving with a DE for a few years now and have always wanted to take up straight shaving but didn’t have the time due to my job to devote to learning. recently things have changed and i’ve decided to make it a priority. after a lot of research and review reading i decided last week to go with a 6/8 dovo best quality with blond scales. i had intended to order it from SRD since it comes honed by lynn and would be good to go straight out of the box. unfortunately at the time i made the decision SRD was out of stock but knife center was not so i ordered from them instead. of course as luck would have it the day that my razor shipped from knife center SRD listed it as being in stock. i decided to go ahead and order from SRD and send back the one from knife center.

now the dilemma part….

i’m having a hard time getting around to returning the KC razor. the money isn’t an issue and i can afford to keep it so i’m flirting with the idea of keeping both razors just in case i do something that would require my razor to be re-honed like hitting the tap or the counter. basically i’m looking for a little advice on how i should proceed. should i just keep the SRD razor and send back the KC razor as originally intended and pick up a second as i become more proficient/comfortable? should i keep both and send the KC razor out to be honed? OR should i send the KC razor back and order a second one already honed from SRD? decisions, decisions right? thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!

Its always a good idea to have two razors. Like you said if you send one out to be honed you will have a back up.

You want to have well honed razor for shaving, so keep the SRD razor. The other one will likely not be quite to spec from the factory, but could be brought there by additional honing.

It's really up to you. Having two of the same razors makes it simpler when you decide to hone the factory edge one - you have a benchmark for the exact same razor.
However, having multiple of the same razor is also boring, most people here like to have a variety.

So, are you the kind of person who orders the same lunch every day because you like predictability, or you're the kind who gets bored with the same thing and prefers variety? Chances are the same thing will transfer to razors.

I would tend to agree with the majority here, keep them both if the money isnt an issue, send the KC one for honing, which will cost about the same as returning it and rebuying from elswhere.Two of the same razor will make it easier for learning as no matter which one you use the angles etc should be the same.If you decide that you really like using this particular razor you will be set for life, and if not they should be easy to resell later.

I would keep both and send the one to lynn. you can't have enough sharp razors. when I started to collect as soon as I would get one I would send it to lynn. Now that I've started to hone I still use lynns honed razors and they give me something to compare to. like another member said if you can stay at 2 razors you have more will power than I.

I would keep both. I have only been straight shaving for 2 months and I already have 6, and always looking for more.

thank you all for your replies and suggestions and also for confirming what i already suspected about the members of this little community.....that you're all enabling scoundrels! and god bless you for it! in the end i have decided to go with the third option and send back the KC razor and order a second from SRD. there is no restocking fee at KC and i had some free postage from stamps.com so it actually cost me less to go this route. it's funny that gugi raised the question as to whether i order the same lunch everyday, because i am that guy who orders the same thing every single time. this of course does not mean that my third, fourth, etc razors will be the same, which also means that already i am able to admit i'm not going to be able to stop at just two.
on another note, i shaved with the dovo for the first time this morning. i had every intention of following the suggestions and only shaving the sideburn area on my dominant side but things were going so well i couldn't stop myself. i ended up shaving everything except my lip and the side of my face on my weak side. i made sure to go slow and watch my angle and finished up with no cuts. does it seem odd to anyone to get so amped up over something that used to seem like such a chore? i suspect i already know the answer to this one. thanks again gents.

2 razors at least. Keep the one you already bought and send it to Lynn for a hone. The darn things are hard to keep in stock so I don't think he would mind.

Since they are the same razor and your SRD razor came with a Free Honing Certificate I'd shoot SRD an email and see if they'd let you use it on the Knife Center razor and BAM you are then sitting with 2 razors honed by SRD allowing you to use one until it is ready to go back in during which time you switch to the other... And so on.

Pretty cool problem to have overall, huh, two brand new razors and now what to do?!

Shawn
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I advise a 3rd and 4th razor for good measure.