Thread: Need help getting set up

Ross Cutlery is in LA and they can hone your razor.
Or you can send it to one of the members who offer honing service - check the classifieds.
I am not going to recommend you a razor as there is little point of me doing so. I think there are better razors than this one, especially in your price range, but they will likely not be new and may not have the look of the one you like so much. Plus a lot of this is a personal preference, may be you'll really like the one you've picked up.

Originally Posted by gugi

Ross Cutlery is in LA and they can hone your razor.
Or you can send it to one of the members who offer honing service - check the classifieds.

Can't really go wrong with a Dovo. Chances are very high that it's not going to be your last razor. I bought a Dovo for my first, hardly every look at it now, with lots of other favorites. That's how you learn what works for you. Gotta jump in and try or you never know.

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Wow Gugi, not only is that a building I never went to in my 21 years in LA, that's a good find for a cool razor related shop. For sure going there next time I'm in LA. If for nothing else than to say I was in the building they used for some of the shots in Blade Runner.

After using an inherited razor lovingly restored by Lynn, then getting a low-end razor, shave-ready from Classic Shaving, I finally got a Dovo Prima Klang (again from Classic Shaving) and haven't even looked at the other two! I don't know what it is about that fully hollow ground shape, but I'm BBS every day and loving it.

That aside, I do indeed agree with the previous posters... start off with something a bit more basic if you can, and develop technique before really taking the plunge. Heck, I'm still discovering which way the grain goes (sometimes I think it changes just to make me wince).

Could you guys recomend me some specific razors? I really like the looks of the Dovo Solingen Trilogy Themed series 5/8 and the prima klang but they are both full hollows and as you said eariler I might want something inbetween that and a wedge. I don't really know what I need, just what looks good to me so any specific razors that you could recomend to me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

I talked to Don from SRD and this is what I decided to go with

Dovo Prima Clang 5/8
3" Red Latigo strope
Stephens wookworking brush #1
Tabac shaving soap

Thanks to don and everyone else for helping me get started!