Thread: horrible first straight razor shave experience

Guys -- I apologize if I misunderstood, but I read Metalburrs post as "what did you send me, broken razors? and BTW the USPS messed it up to boot, and I was ONLY suggesting that he say to his "gifter" privately, "what was I supposed to get vs. what I got.

Back me out of this conversation. I apologize to anyone whom I offended. No offense intended.

Originally Posted by metulburr

Im not sure what is the problem? What is the big deal of it being on public forums? Its not like he was "taunting" me with sending a broken razor. I would still be grateful with a broken razor, because a broken razor is better than no razor. I wasn't trying to come across rude. I was trying to see if the mail did indeed lose a razor (because i am going to raise hell with my postmaster again). I don't know why you think everything related to gifts has to be so "secretive" and problems that may arise with them? If my shoe was on the other foot, i wouldnt care about it being posted publicly. Shit happens....even when you are doing good.

@ultrasoundguy2003
if what Haroldg48 said was true, i deeply apologize and will from now on post via PM.

We the community will fix this .Haroldg48 has a point with regards gentlemanship .Metulburr I know heartbreak in the mail. I shipped a Unicorn 6/8th Hans Otto Duetsch that just went missing.(sameday,same shipment) I cant replace that.
You I can fix. Wait we the community can fix this. This razor is from US the community.
We will fix this .
Please Sir trust US and me. Blade is in tact correct??
Send it back to me and I will fix it and do my best to do right by you. This will work out .
Yes the mail did lose a razor. Let me see if I can fix that too. No promises, but if Santa does come early post pictures of a happy face.
Sound fair??

Sounds great, thank you. Yes the blade looks to have no damage. I will send it out in the morning.

I'm really sorry guys. i didn't mean to get in the middle, i just thought that you, ultrasound, were being dissed (to use my kid's terms) for a try at a good deed. I'm out, it's yours!

no problems. I didn't know you read my post like...

"what did you send me, broken razors? and BTW the USPS messed it up to boot,

I would feel the same way if i saw a "receiver" act like that towards a "gifter" too.
At the time i was just so mad at the USPS. I guess i put too much of that into my post.

We'll any way you now know what an edge feels like , so don't hone your own until you learn to shave , in about six months or so you might be there, tc.

It looks like I missed a bunch of stuff between the start of this post, and the end here, but what ever the problem is, Metulburr can ask for my assistance in getting things in order.

I can meet up with you Mr Burr, in the Binghamton area if you like, and assess your equipment, and provide input as needed.

Just give the word and help is on the way.

M

Glad the razors I sent all arrived. If nothing else, use the shavette as a backup for while you're learning to strop. I had to send mine for honing (to @cudarunner) after a pretty short period of time while I was learning because my stropping wasn't good enough to maintain. I used to get around 30 days between honings when I started, now I'm up to almost 3 months with my most recent.

If a Gold Dollar is honed right, it can give you a "decent" shave with no problems. I stress decent since it isn't a spectacular shave. Really if you aren't willing to spend more then 20 dollars on a straight. Shaving with one may not be for you. You could always try a shavette since they are always sharp and ready to go. They also cost about 20 dollars plus a few bucks more for blades and you don't have to mess around with stropping or honing.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

If a Gold Dollar is honed right, it can give you a "decent" shave with no problems. I stress decent since it isn't a spectacular shave.

I'll second that motion, don't count it out just yet. You can use it to practice your honing, and once you get the edge down right the Gold Dollar might just surprise you. I know I wasn't expecting it to clean up as well as it did. I thought I was just getting a cheap razor to practice honing on, but it's actually turned into a decent shaver IMO. Of course as you discovered, out of the box they are iffy and it takes some work to make them acceptable. But it can be done.