Hey guys,
I just bought these three razors. (they're also my first:)
W&B The Clean Shaver
5/8 Frederick Reynolds
Simmons Hardware "royal Keen cutter"
Comments?
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Hey guys,
I just bought these three razors. (they're also my first:)
W&B The Clean Shaver
5/8 Frederick Reynolds
Simmons Hardware "royal Keen cutter"
Comments?
Any fellow Canadians here?:rock:
A hearty welcome to SRP. Don't be afraid to ask questions here.
Not knowing what shape those razors are in I would say you have 3 great razors there. Now, on to an important point. Since they are your first 3 straights I make a safe assumption that you are new to straights. Do you have any honing experience?
If I can make a suggestion send at least one out to one of this site's honemeisters (generally $25 or so including shipping back to you). It's gets more fun still. Eventually you are going to want to get hones. Also get yourself one or two cheap razors from ebay or an antique store/fair. You can use those for practice to develop your honing skills. With the shave ready razors you will have something to compare your edge against. When you are comfortable with your honing skills you can then proceed to put an edge on one of your nice razors.
Do you have a strop? You definitly need one prior to starting the use of straights. You can many of them in the Vendor's Corner.
Those are some great razors to start out with. There are more and more of us Canucks showing up all the time too.
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It's hard to comment on the razors without seeing pictures of them, but if they are in good shape they should all be good shavers. All are from solid manufacturers (except the Simmons; as I understand it they imported blades, and high quality blades at that).
Thanks for the replies guys,
the W&B and the Reynolds are supposed to be 'shave ready' (Actually I got the Reynolds from a member here)
THe Simmons is apparently in decent shape but not shave ready.
I'm also going to get two strops with it.
I was thinking that I might get some green compound from Lee Valley and maybe some Diamond paste to keep them sharp for a while.
I'm not sure I'm ready to invest in honing yet.
congrats on the recent buys. i live in southwestern ontario. you should get some pics on here as we would all like to see them.
I will when I get them. I'm still wating for them! Can't wait
I'm from New Brunswick
Hey Dups,
Another fellow Canadian saying hello. I'm in Edmonton AB, and just posted my first thread (check Newbies Corner). Haven't been here long but welcome to SRP!
thanks man! I've been using a DE for about 2 months now and truly like it.
WHat are you using?
I'm stuck with the Mock 3 right now, but I do use a badger brush and soap for lather. Like I said in my intro I have a Dubl Duck and Tony Miller strop on the way, so I'm JUST getting started. I never tried DE shaving before, never really had the ambition. Actually for some strange reason they scare me more than straights do:rofl2:
It's probably because I've known some guys who have cut themselves up pretty good using DE razors, whereas I don't know anyone personally who uses a straight.
I'm with the others, where are the pictures?
I started with the green paste and the paddle strop from Lee Valley also. Works well for me. Unfortunately, the slope was slippery for me and now I have a 220/1k Norton and 4k/8k Norton. I find an excuse to hit up Lee Valley about every 2 weeks, and always seem to be able to smuggle stuff into the house.
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Same here...Saint John.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dups
Cool man!
It's small world.
Have you been able to find any good shaving stuff in Saint John?
I'm actually moving to Saint John in a few months
Not really...picked up a safety razor at the army surplus about a year ago...cleaned up quite nice, but I don't use it anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dups
I've looked around for straight razors and other stuff, but haven't happened upon anything.
I don't think NB is exactly a shaving mecca. I get all my stuff online. I'm waiting for my first three straights and just cannot wait to get them. If only USPS's website was better....They haven't updated the status of my package since last wednesday! Hopefully I'll have it this week.