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08-18-2007, 04:53 PM #1
Do i need to oil my razor?
Hi, this is my first post and after reading a fair bit on here i have decided to have another try with my straight razor after my earlier rubbish attempts.
After wet shaving for about 20 years with mach 2&3's my wife bought me a straight razor (Dovo), brush and cream, I found it hard to use and could only get an average shave on one side and a very poor one on the other side of my face and gave up.
But this was not a waste of time as it introduced me to a Crabtree & Evelyn brush and cream and made me dump that tined rubbish, I'm 43 years old with a relatively smooth (if dry) face and a not too thick beard growth.
The last three months i have discovered DE shaving and have a Merkur 34 HD, Gillette fat boy and three super speeds (yes its Rad setting in) and have been thinking about trying my straight again
So today with a stropped razor (been watching the videos) and better technique learned from my DE's i had a not too bad a shave and am very pleased with the result so far and this can only get better the more i use it, and so to my question should i oil my straight after drying it to protect it from corrosion or is this unnecessary,
any help/advice will be much appreciated
thanks,
Dizz.