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    Hehe, I practiced with a butter knife, too.

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    my frist rozor was a gift in a box of many old things and gathered dust in my shop for 2 years untill one day saw and thought ill clean this thing up. and then sharpened it on a stone spine off the stone like a knife and stroped it on my tormex needless to say my frist adventure into a straight razor shave was less that bbs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post
    Stropping to vigorously was my only real problem. Knocked the edge off a few razors that way. I had been envisioning the shave with a straight razor and practicing with butter knives for weeks in advance so the shave itself all worked out in my favour.

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    Now why didn't I think of that? Got my razor from Kenrup in today but still waiting on the rest of my gear, so I'm using your idea of a butterknife till then! Thanks!

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    Shaving with hangover. Nuff said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Del1r1um View Post
    I've got a good one... I shaved twice with a zeepk I got as a present oh the shame
    I did the same thing once. But it turned out great. Only two units of blood and a d@#$m good plastic surgeon! The next time wasn't much better till I bought a shave ready Dovo from Classic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian1974 View Post
    Now why didn't I think of that? Got my razor from Kenrup in today but still waiting on the rest of my gear, so I'm using your idea of a butterknife till then! Thanks!
    heh ...
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    That made me laugh xman!


    - practising on my legs: a face is a different thing altogether. Moreover: it made me look ridiculously bald legged.
    - having people stand around, anxious to see how my first shave went.
    - going for a BBS straight away and ending up red as a beetroot.

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    Don't have a couple of drinks then shave before you go out Friday night.

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    i did way more than 10 mistakes, but i don't think if they're all major

    1. dropped my razor promptly upon arrival
    2. spent too much time looking at razors - caught a rad
    3. left my best and most rare razor in the bathroom when a friend was visiting - found a nick later on which i'm pretty sure he put on it
    ....

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    1 Tried to shave in a hurry (with a shavette) before going out.. cut my chin and bled all evening.
    2 Tried to learn to hone razors with a wedge..
    3 Dinged a razor on a cabinet door
    4 Dinged the razor again while honing another razor (left the razor open )
    5 and I dinged the razor again...
    6 bought a Puma with quite some chips out of it and cracked scales (all worked out fine in the end)
    7 bought a loom strop to start with.
    8 bought a hanging strop without a canvas/linnen side..
    9 thought the back of the hone was slate and not BBW so bought another BBW and than found out I already had one..
    10 should have started to shave with a straight at least 15 years ago..all those great shaves wasted...

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