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    wow, these are the same questions that went through my head when I was looking at getting into straights. That's what is so great about this forum...all the more exprienced shavers are helpful and insightful, and willing to help us noobs make good educated decisions. You guys are awesome.

    EAD, I have a DOVO too and I'm still learning on it. Would really like to get a TI (who doesn't), but I'm sure that you'll like the DOVO.

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    Sorry guys, I deleted the Sneaky remarks as they were really inappropriate. Any more from him and he will be deleted as well.

    Thanks,

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    Thank you Lynn.

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    Tank you Linn
    Althought I didn't take it personal
    I do think this thread was a good one, and help me a lot

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    Originally Posted by EAD

    Ok
    So should I pick up a thing like this one
    DOVO Classic "Special" 5/8 White
    http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...940/190302.htm
    and also a more "nice" razor I want like Thiers-Issard Sheffield Silver Steel ?
    Maybe I should better pick up the "cheap" one and a steelines steel one?
    and have them both being sharp ready service?
    Wait a minute, That's my razor.....

    Rather than spend a lot of money on something that I may (or may not) stick with, I chose the DOVO Classic 'Special' 5/8 White from Classic Shaving. I also got Lynn's sharpening service. Out of the case, I stropped it very badly and have been trying to 'polish' the edge for about 2 weeks now. I corrected my stropping, but I haven't quite got the edge to where I am happy with it.

    The feeling that I have at the present is that I wasted $20 on the sharpening service, due to my bad stropping. Unexpectedly, I had to urgently get a $20 barber's hone to polish the edge. (I anticipated purchasing a 4k/8k Norton on my next paycheck.) If I had purchased a razor in the $100+ range, I would be much more upset with myself than I am. (Yes I know, regardless of the cost of the razor and the barber's hone, the sharpening service is the only thing that I am out. However, my head and heart are not quite synchronized.)

    As AFDavis11 stated
    Yea, I think that would be an even better choice for a first razor.
    I agree (agreed)...

    Bob

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    Sounds like you are on the right track but I'll throw in my $0.02 anyway

    I went with an inexpensive one from JoshEarl for my first and then after a couple of months, during which I dulled it stropping and used the pasted paddle to get it shaving again, went with a nice Dovo (sharpened by Lynn). There's almost $100 separating the two razors and I still use the inexepensive one as much as the Dovo. I also intentionally didn't strop my first razor (just cleaned it thoroughly to remove oil, etc. and went through motions of stropping) since I knew that I was more likely to make things worse than better at that point.

    There's definitely nothing wrong with getting an inexpensive razor from one of the guys here to learn on any nothing to say you won't like it just as much as a new one you spend more money on. You will, however, probably feel a lot better if you wreck it (dropping it, etc.). In fact the Diamondine is actually a little more special to me since it has a little more personal value in being my first straight

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