My name is Evan and I've been wet shaving all my life. I started shaving in the 60's with a DE, and recently (July) was bitten by the return to DE's and collecting. I've jumped in with both feet and have a nice sized collection of DE razors. The soaps, creams, brushes have all come along with it as well.
While spending countless hours on B&B, eBay, and on all the vendor sites, straights have been calling me. I find them elegant and beautiful. I have a suspicion that all this is sounding very familiar to you.
I would like to give straights a try. I have been reading since 8AM this morning and joined this forum today. What I am thinking of doing is this. Order a new middle to low line Dovo from classicshaving .com and have them hone it for me. Try the razor to see if I like it and master it. If it works out, then I can move forward with the upkeep associated with this hobby. Strops, hones, etc. Does this sound like the proper way to start? If not please point me in the right direction. Currently I can achieve a BBS with any DE. I'm even confused about the quality of the shaves I'd be getting. Would they be that much closer than say a Merkur slant/feather combo?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.......
Thanks in advance,
Evan.