Thread: First attempt at shaving with a straight razor

Thank you all for the great advice and help. I have a few things to try now to help narrow down what the problem was. And I'm in no rush, as I am enjoying some of the most pleasant shaving experiences ever using a DE with good quality shave creams, a brush, scuttle and aftershaves. However, I am intrigued by straight razor shaving and will keep at it.

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Moreover, some of us are not using a strop anymore.. Depending on what you want, you can avoid to use one and have without any problem a BBS shave out of it...


Excuse me!? I think I need a clarification on this statement.

That's like saying, "you can become a great golfer, and you don't need to practice anymore".

Please, anyone..........

Steve

Tony Miller has a great apprentice strop or if you prefer, purchase an Artisan strop with a practice strop. Use the practice strop until you get a good feel for stropping.

The comment about not needing to strop should be totally disregarded if you want a comfortable shave.

Hm, no strop?

I guess you could use a number of alternatives (e.g. your own hand, jeans, etc.) but no stroping whatsoever would, indeed, make for an uncomfortable shave in my case.

Maybe if you have tough and desensitized skin it's not so much of an issue?