Thread: New Dovo from SRD

Originally Posted by rhensley

...SRD for the free honing they offer with the perchase of a straight razor. (I think they still offer that )

They do! And I will, after a few more shaves, if it doesn't perform as I believe it should. Even if it was my fault, to begin with (which I'm sure it may have been! )

Moving on...

Forget the hair test. That is a test for the honer, not the shaver. I know that you said you stropped carefully, but how confident are you that you stropped correctly, without ever lifting the spine off the strop?

Originally Posted by Utopian

This is why.

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Thanks. I knew it had to be something like this but my memory is as short as my vocabulary.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Ok so let's not forget that a shave test really depends on the experience of the guy shaving, I can shave test a razor, but a new guy may not be so able to test an edge other than the fact it is ready coming from SRD, then the stropping, it takes months before most can strop well, so that is a factor too.

In the beginning had a couple of blades I thought weren't ready, after a few months of shaving I revisited them and somehow they got sharp! Technique has a lot to do with it, and only time will get you there, but having a shave ready razor makes the learning curve much easier. The HHT parlor trick, I got lots of razors that won't do it but their edges are lasers. It has to be calibrated for you to use, but shaving us the test, you will get there, but it takes quite a few shaves. Tc

I wholeheartedly agree! And, this post was NOT to 'dis-credit' a blade from SRD...by NO means!

With my Father being passed away AND him showing me how to properly use a straight over 20yrs ago, I'm 99% sure it is MY fault...NOT the razor's. My Father was a barber, so when he showed me how, I knew it was 'the real deal', not just an "un"-educated guess! lol. And like I said, I did use a straight for awhile, until I just couldn't find the time in the mornings. This is just one more of those days when I miss my Father every so much. Even though I'm 46yrs old and he has been gone for 9 yrs, I KNOW there is so much that he still has to share with me and 'educate me' on! ((OK, I got to stop now, as I can't see the keyboard!!! ))

Originally Posted by Utopian

Moving on...

Forget the hair test. That is a test for the honer, not the shaver. I know that you said you stropped carefully, but how confident are you that you stropped correctly, without ever lifting the spine off the strop?

I believe I stropped correctly! But, that's one of those things that only an experienced 'stropper' can say "Yes, that's correct. OR "No...do it THIS way."

Fair enough gents, let me then put it this way. All my new razors have been purchased from SRD and I have never needed to strop first to get a great shave out of the box.

And, I don't know who would shave with an oily blade. I always wipe mine down.

Originally Posted by AcesandEights

They do! And I will, after a few more shaves, if it doesn't perform as I believe it should. Even if it was my fault, to begin with (which I'm sure it may have been! )

I don't know so I'll be guessing when i say this . I believe that may be the reason they offer the honing. I've talked to the gentlemen at SRD before when i have ordered from them and they all seem to very helpful and understanding . especially folks who are beginning or who have laid the straight down for an extended period of time and starting again. Good folks.

Even wiped down, enough oil remains to skew hht on some hair, which I believe led to inexperienced people complaining they weren't sharp having heard a straight should pass hht

My only test is in the face, so I guess to each it's own. :-)

I test on the inside of my forearm first and then go to my face.

Aces, if you rolled the edge with bad stropping your face will let you know. One side of the blade won't cut at all and the other side will feel like a cheese grater on your face (That would have been my 3rd attempt at using a hanging strop )

My first 20 or so shaves required a more modern razor to clean up afterwards, so they were not the greatest or most comfortable. Hang in there though, it gets much better.