From Shavette to a real straight
Hello SRP, I'm a LONG... time lurker first time poster. Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself to the community.
I've been DE shaving for about 8 months know and loving it however holding my DE I always think what would a shave be like with a cut-throat. So not sure if I would totally want to sink in the money needed I bought a Dovo Shavette. I used this for about 2 months, the shaves I got were ok. I'm not sure if the shavette is indicative of the types of shaves I will be getting from my newly ordered straight (which is a 6/8 dovo Bismarck from SRD, honed by the pros).
I don't nick myself anymore, but the shaves with the Shavette are not comfortable, it does not burn afterward but compared to my DE the Shavette seems too light and hard to "push" through the hair.
Anyway I've been reading like crazy and I'm now just waiting for the hardware. I'll let you know how the first few shaves go. I still have many questions about honing etc.. but since my razor is "shave ready" from SRD, I won't have to get into that few a while.
I just wanted to thank every one here for their help, because without sites like this I would never have even dreamed of buying a straight let alone getting into DE shaving.