Thread: Ok so my wife said I need help, after I tried to kill my self this morning.

I am looking for a mentor in my area that can help me with my SR. It hurt when I was shaving with it this morning and I sliced my face open with it.

Just need some help, please. I so want to be able to shave with a SR not just my dang DE.

Here's a link to the Local Help list and there are two Mentors in Oregon. I'm sure they'd be happy to help!!

Local Help - Straight Razor Place Library

and hang in there.....it'll all come together.

Howard

Edit: Just in case....to contact them click on their user name and follow the "private message" links.

Thank you that is big help I am going to have to wait for my face to heal and for my life to slow down a bit. I will make contact with them as soon as I get a chance though.

Originally Posted by KingHooper

Thank you that is big help I am going to have to wait for my face to heal and for my life to slow down a bit. I will make contact with them as soon as I get a chance though.

Do plenty of reading and watching videos between now and your next shave. I've learned tons from just watching others.

While you are waiting though, there's maybe a few things we can sort out.

For instance, what is your razor, did you get it honed, how is your stropping? We could maybe help you figure out if it is mainly your shaving technique or whether your razor needs honing, etc.

Definitely one-to-one mentoring is ideal, but there could be a wait and you may as well use the time constructively.

James.

I bet all of us..or most of us had no mentor....I did not. But with the invention of the puter...things got a whole lot easier. Like the old days...get a balloon ,blow it up,put shave cream on it,and shave the balloon nice and close with out popping it. Watch videos of dudes shaving...my wife thought I was gay,watching guys shaving on you tube..but It helped my shaving technique. Watch stropping videos too...nobody can put steel to face for you,we all been there !!! So put on your big boy pants and pay attention !!!

Originally Posted by Jimbo

While you are waiting though, there's maybe a few things we can sort out.

For instance, what is your razor, did you get it honed, how is your stropping? We could maybe help you figure out if it is mainly your shaving technique or whether your razor needs honing, etc.

Definitely one-to-one mentoring is ideal, but there could be a wait and you may as well use the time constructively.

James.

The razor is a Genco De Roma I did the honing(I have been making other types of thing sharp for 30yrs but not razors) I have been practicing my stropping a lot trying to keep the spine and edge on at the same time as well as not adding pressure to the blade. I do think I need more practice at it. As far as the technique god only knows lol. I know I need some help and a lot of practice so I am going to go looking for YouTube of the technique and try and see where I went wrong. As far as those pants nessmuck was talking about I think my wife has them lmoa.

Lathering I have down thanks to ultrasoundguy and some experimentation over the last 4 months.
Honing like I said I am pretty good at sharpening.
Stropping I pretty sure I still suck at it but I will break out my nylon and beat the crap out of it till I feel confident about it.
Shaving the cheek went great but the edge didn't cut it all in one pass so I think it is lacking at the strop side of this, I am going to try again after my face heals some and just stick to the cheek until I am comfortable.

Thank you all for the help and support(including nessmuck ).

As I've suggested to others, I would start with a razor that is honed by somebody who definitely knows how to hone razors. There are a lot of variables (stropping/honing/shaving technique) that can influence how your first shaves go. The more you can eliminate, the better. If the razor isn't honed properly, your shaves will be bad even if you're stropping and shaving techniques are perfect. By having a truly shave ready razor, you'll immediately know if your technique is right, and you'll know within a few shaves if your stropping is right.

Getting one honed by a pro will give you a great baseline to gage how sharp your blade is.

Originally Posted by MajorEthanolic

As I've suggested to others, I would start with a razor that is honed by somebody who definitely knows how to hone razors. There are a lot of variables (stropping/honing/shaving technique) that can influence how your first shaves go. The more you can eliminate, the better. If the razor isn't honed properly, your shaves will be bad even if you're stropping and shaving techniques are perfect. By having a truly shave ready razor, you'll immediately know if your technique is right, and you'll know within a few shaves if your stropping is right.

OK OK geez I will send it to Lynn tomorrow lol! Or maybe it is a them hmmmmmmm.

Just so everyone knows I am half Sicilian and half Irish /German(don't ask) but all smart ass, and I speak fluent Bull S**t and sarcasm so if I offend anyone please forgive me but it is the DNA talking.