Thread: My second journey into straight razor shaving

Welcome! Looks like your off to a good start, good luck!

Good job and keep it up. I haven't started yet but I will be following your trail soon!

So today's shave went amazing. I practiced stropping for a good part of the day and it paid off big time. No pull ,just sweet easy strokes. No cuts no Knicks, just beautiful easy shaving. Used my lucky tiger set again couldn't of asked for a better shave day. Going to submit for shave of the day.

Congrats! It's a great feeling when it comes together. I recently figured out that I was stropping too lightly so it wasn't really doing much to refresh the edge. My edges were deteriorating rapidly.

[QUOTE=danieljmaguire;1352130]So today's shave went amazing. I practiced stropping for a good part of the day and it paid off big time. No pull ,just sweet easy strokes. No cuts no Knicks, just beautiful easy shaving. Used my lucky tiger set again couldn't of asked for a better shave day.

As I'm fond of saying; "It's a Long Strange Trip, but well worth the Journey"! Atta Boy!

Originally Posted by Saxxon

Awesome, I hope my first few attempts go this well.



Any reason Lynn hasn't posted a new video in so long? His are very informative and easy to follow.

I'd say he's pretty much covered the territory. There's a DVD of his you can buy that is much higher quality video and covers anything you can think of re: SR shaving. It's available in the classifieds here or at SRD.

Originally Posted by danieljmaguire

So today s shave didn't go as well as I would of liked. Got a new ti razor but it was pulling like crazy . Felt like my face was being ripped. The new lucky tiger grooming system was amazing. I watched a couple more stropping videos and have come to the conclusion my stropping needs more practice.

Has the TI been honed, or is it the factory edge, i dont believe that out of the box they are usually shave ready.

Yes the ti wad honed correctly . Bought it from vintage razors llc who say they use Lynn to do all their honing. I am pretty sure that my stropping was the problem.

Originally Posted by danieljmaguire

Yes the ti wad honed correctly . Bought it from vintage razors llc who say they use Lynn to do all their honing. I am pretty sure that my stropping was the problem.

I'm roughly three months into the SR journey so far and I found my biggest hurdle was stropping as well, so I know right where you are in this. I've had to send my razor back to SRD for honing twice so far, but this time I really think I have the feel of the technique and a good rhythm down- it's not anywhere near as easy as it looks, but you'll get there! I've had tremendous help from the members here, as well as the resources on this site.

I see your a firefighter as well, haven't you noticed a huge improvement in your skin after sweating in gear? I have, no more breakouts, in-grown hairs or chaffing- that makes the whole process totally worth it. Stay safe brother!

I see your a firefighter as well, haven't you noticed a huge improvement in your skin after sweating in gear? I have, no more breakouts, in-grown hairs or chaffing- that makes the whole process totally worth it. Stay safe brother![/QUOTE] I actually have noticed that. Especially during pt my face isn't on burning like it usually does. Also with my normal razor I have to shave every day to keep a good seal on my scba. With straight razor shaving I can wait two days and still have a good seal.