Thread: horrible first straight razor shave experience

Welcome to SRP.
Honing and shaving with a straight razor are two separate skills that both take time to develop. It took me several tries before I was able to produce a somewhat shave ready blade. $100 may sound like a lot, but you can use that $100 razor for the rest of your life and never pay for another cartridge. If my budget were that tight, I'd order a $17 Parker Shavette and a couple $1.99 packs of DE blades. That will get you the razor and over a month of blades. How much do you pay for a months worth of Mach3 cartridges? Where do you live? There may an SRP member near by that can help you out with your Gold Dollar razor.