Hi there!

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Originally Posted by trewornan

Welcome! I think you've made very sensible purchases there. For what it's worth, some words of advice:

Get your razor honed.
Don't expect too much from your first shaves.
Don't try to get a close shave - go for irritation and nick free, close shaves come with experience.
Stick with it, it can be difficult early on - don't get discouraged.

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You should expect rain today! Me and Trewornan agree!!:D


Or should that be, Trewornan and I? I can never keep that straight!

^lol

its Thursday and my razor hasnt arrived yet:td:rant::(

Where did you purchase from? And is it being honed?

ebay..
i dont think that the seller hones my razor.i don't care too,i just want it to arrive!!!:y

ΟΟΟΗ YES!! my razor arrived at last!!:y:tu:nj:D;):p

:yNothin like that feeling when it first shows up! Post some pics if possible, im always interested to see what people have. Good luck!

thnx!
ill post pics @ saturday morning!:nj:tu

so!
here is my straight razor!!:p
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...IMG_0051-1.jpg


http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...u/IMG_0054.jpg

Great lookin razor. Your off to a good start.:tu

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Originally Posted by trewornan

Welcome! I think you've made very sensible purchases there. For what it's worth, some words of advice:

Get your razor honed.
Don't expect too much from your first shaves.
Don't try to get a close shave - go for irritation and nick free, close shaves come with experience.
Stick with it, it can be difficult early on - don't get discouraged.

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+1 Welcome to the forum!
Cannot emphasize enough that you need to get your razor honed by a honemeister. No matter what the manufacturer claims, they rarely, rarely, rarely ever have a good enough edge to actually shave after the appropriate amount of stropping.
Also, keep your strop taunt and your razor pressure light on the strop. You can easily ruin a well honed edge with a slack strop or too much pressure.

Keep us posted!
Welcome to the journey...