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Thread: About to get my first straight
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07-01-2014, 10:20 PM #1
About to get my first straight
I won a straight in a pif and it is due to be delivered tomorrow. It is supposed to be shave ready. I have a strop coming, so I believe I will wait until it gets here before I shave my cheeks. I promise to go slow. I would really like to learn this skill. I am an avid SE/DE shaver already, so face prep should not be a problem.
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07-01-2014, 10:23 PM #2
Remember. if it is shave ready when it comes to you DO NOT strop before the first shave. Most likely you will dull the edge. Read the wikis and watch the videos on stropping before you attempt it. (There is a large graveyard of ruined strops because people didn't do their homework)
"The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."
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07-01-2014, 10:27 PM #3
In that case, I may go ahead and do a cheek shave. I can strop it when the strop arrives. I have been watching some good stropping videos. I am not interested in visiting the strop graveyard.
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07-01-2014, 11:03 PM #4
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07-02-2014, 12:00 AM #5
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Thanked: 4I have no expertise in straight razors. Could you tell us more about the one you got? What brand is it? What are the scales made of? Do you know the year it was made?
Thanks!
Bob
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07-02-2014, 12:11 AM #6
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07-02-2014, 04:09 AM #7
Good luck and have fun. Let us know how you go.
My wife calls me......... Can you just use Ed
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07-02-2014, 10:57 AM #8
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07-02-2014, 02:03 PM #9
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Thanked: 1If you have an old leather belt lying around that is flat and clean, you could practice your stripping on that to avoid damage to your high dollar strop when it arrives! Just make sure there is nothing wrong with the belt before you ruin your edge on it.
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07-02-2014, 02:04 PM #10
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Thanked: 1*stropping.... Stupid auto correct.