Hi everyone. I am quite new to SRP as well as to straight razors. Having considered in 'changing' (read: 'upgrading and improving') from disposables with a canned shaving gel to using a straight razor for a very long time I finally got around to doing so. After a bit of initial research, I settled on shaving soap and a pure badger brush from Kent as well as a Dovo Prima Silver Steel, a Dovo Leather strop and a Belgian Blue Waterstone, along with the usual amenities (such as yellow & white strop pastes from Dovo, Alum blocs, etc) from InvisibleEdge.

Since I am originally from Europe but live in South-East Asia, I had to order all of the above in advance and had it sent back home prior to my annual leave. Oh Boy, the anticipation was building up... Went home, found all the stuff was what i had expected and decided to wait putting it all to use once I was back at work here in Asia (my wife staying a bit longer with the family back home I figured it would be wise to start practicing when home alone and be 'The Man' in shaving when she gets back.

So, last Monday was D-day. As it turned out, I did not do enough research on how to use some of this properly. I managed a nervous first shave with the Dovo (which had been delivered shave-ready) with not too many nicks, but still far from perfect. Second day though, wanting to strop before the shave, I managed to nick the strop multiple times , continued stropping while trying to avoid those same nicks. Didn't work. Plus, I was (of course) applying too much pressure on the hanging strop and messed up the edge of the blade slightly. And (again of course) I only ordered 1 razor, so no back-up!

So I am waiting for the new strop, which my wife will bring me from Europe and I will place a new order for an additional razor right away as well. Anyone has any recommendations on which razor I should consider as an addition to my Dovo Silver Steel?