Thread: First Straight Razor Delivered!

Good for you! I applaud your careful approach. Many new shavers want to jump in the deep end and do everything at once and need strong bailing out. You were right to not try the strop on day one since you bought from SRD, and that meant your razor was Lynn shave ready. Regardless of who honed a razor the first shave of a freshly honed razor should never be stropped for the first shave off of it. What I tell people about stropping, other than read about it in the SRD Library or FAQ and watch good vids on stropping, is to use as light a pressure a possible. I describe it as a 'feather light' touch. It will help you from rolling the edge and dulling it.

One other thing. On shave prep let me suggest for a pre-shave a small dollop of Cremo or Kiss My Face rubbed into your beard on a wet face and then lather up.

Good luck and ask questions.