First Straight razor.

Hi everyone, I'm new here and to SR shaving. In fact I haven't even got my first razor back from being honed yet. It should arrive on this coming Tuesday to get honed and once it is done it will get shipped back. It's a Antoni Tadross hollow ground SR and it was sent to gssixgun to be set to shave ready condition. I still need to get a strop so when it gets back I can keep it in good shape. I've been shaving with safety razors for about 2 months now, and want to try straights. Wish me luck as I'm planning on my first SR shave by my Birthday on 6/27.

Hi BearCWY,

Good luck with your new straight razor! Sounds like you're going about getting started the right way. Have fun!

Jeff

P.S. Welcome to Straight Razor Place!

Hi and welcome. Sounds like you are starting right bit any questions feel free to ask

Welcome to the forum and Happy Belated Birthday? If Glen is going to look after your blade it will come home shave ready.
Enjoy.

Thanks Bob but my Birthday is next month.....6/27 LOL
Now I have got to try and find me a Cheap strop, money is very tight right now, and I have got to pay for License, Tag, and insurance next month.

Have a look at this. May be interesting to you.

Homemade Hanging Denim strop

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url...3&share_type=t

Oh I know, you can buy quality or you can end up buying quantity. My razor should come back shave ready so I should be able to get a few shaves off it before I'll have to strop it I hope. and am looking in to one of Adams (Drygulch's) strops.

I read the article about denim but not sure about it. There are mixed remarks about it.

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Originally Posted by BearCWY

Oh I know, you can buy quality or you can end up buying quantity. My razor should come back shave ready so I should be able to get a few shaves off it before I'll have to strop it I hope. and am looking in to one of Adams (Drygulch's) strops.

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You really should strop between shaves. Leave it too long and stropping won't bring it back completely

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Originally Posted by eddy79

You really should strop between shaves. Leave it too long and stropping won't bring it back completely

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OK thanks, well I'll have to come up with something before I start using it.

Newspaper makes a good interim strop on the cheap. You will be fine for a couple shaves. Having poor stropping to start you are lucky to maintain the edge not stropping will see the edge degrade quickly

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Originally Posted by eddy79

Newspaper makes a good interim strop on the cheap. You will be fine for a couple shaves. Having poor stropping to start you are lucky to maintain the edge not stropping will see the edge degrade quickly

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That's a great recommendation! And yeah, I need to strop before every shave.

Hope that your first shave goes well. I know that it took me about a month to get the hang without cutting the chin or under the neck. Definitely would recommend stropping in between the shaves.