Thread: Closest shave ever

So I am farely new to shaving with a straight and until today I had mixed feelings. I have always wanted to shave with them, just cause theyre so darn cool, but the first 4 or 5 shaves I had were pretty dissapointing to be honest. I was not getting a close shave and my face was getting extreme razor burn. Well all that changed today. I have been using a Dovo Silver Steel 5/8 that was honed by Lynn.

However I have recently caught a case of RAD and bought a 12 razor set from a retired barbor somewhere near St. Louis. While the set is nice and all the razors matched none of them were shave ready so I thought I would try my hand at honing one. After a few tries, and many hours, I finnaly had the razor pass the HHT and thought lets go shave. Well it started out all right but after I finished the right side of my face it started to pull like hell so I thought I would change razors and go back to the Dovo to finish up. Then it happened, all of a sudden my Dovo which I had been having mixed experiences with cut through the hair like butter. I finished the left side of my face and did a second pass to the whole thing and I have never had a smoother shave, and the best part was no razor burn. I cant wait to shave again.

On top of all of that I just purchased, havent received yet, a 4 day Hinkels set that are stamped Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday all in a nice 4 razor box. I cant wait.

congratulations on your razor's awakening! keep at it

Oh yea, the old buy a 12 razor set from a barber trick! Works everytime. How it reduces the learning curve I've yet to figure out.

Congratulations on the shave! ...and on the acquisitions!

Im not sure what you meant by "How it reduces the learning curve" but I am certainly enjoying them. I have also picked up a couple of blades only and two or three other razors that I am currently playing with to start retoring. For some reason I have been completely obsessed with razors and it constantly gives me something to do. Now if I could ever stop spending money on them and just work on the ones I have that would be ideal.

I'm always proud of myself after a good shave. You do really have to work at it, and it is rewarding.