Thought I'd say hi and share my story in getting into the straights.
But firstly and most importantly thanks for all for the great source of information in this forum!
It's now about 2 months from my first shave with the straight and since the first shave I've never used anything else. And will not unless I develop serious case of Parkinson's etc in years to come.
Prior to going straight (:hmmm:) I was a gillette guy some 20 years and only tried electrical ones few times (hated them in every time). One can get a good shave with G allright - but the recent development has got out of hand, they keep adding blades to their products at the pace that in ten years they'll be shaving with quintippio-ones that'll cost 25€ per blade. And of course every time they'll put out a new model one has to buy new grip...
And here's how my going straight started. One dark Friday went out and bought groceries and picked up set of G blades (5 pct @ 25€ or so :mad:). Back home noted that none of the grips I had fit into the new blades. While I was cursing like a pirate my wife came smiling to me with her lady shaver which was the only G product that I could fit the new blades into. While I was shaving with my lady shaver-thebestmancanget combo it really struck me:
man has shaved for a couple of thousands or so years but never been so humiliated before. Oh - is this really the best man can get, or perhaps should I alternatively buy one of those squeeze-for-the-cream-and-hit-to-your-face electric shavers.
Well, honestly, been interested in going into straight razors for a while but it was in fact my wife who saved me - she bought me a set with strop, badger brush, soap, and the simplest Dovo straight as a birthday gift.
Now after 2 months I've got a second Dovo (new), one e-bay Eicker H. & Söhn Stosser Heartring I restored and latest addition you can find from the SRP database (John Shaw & Sons one I'm currently restoring). Never in my life felt so much satisfaction for shaving as I do now! It takes quite a bit more time yes, but it's really the only time for me that I'll spend totally, utterly by myself and FOR myself. Added with the satisfaction of handcrafting (restoring) blades sometimes 100 or so years old.
Oh - and I did return the lady shave grip to my lady with a rather wide grin (disposing all the bestthemancanget-stuff with the other hand).
Well that's my first contribution for the forum - rather philosophical one - but I feel that straight razor shaving requires a certain philosophy - as does driving vintage cars, shooting purdley shotguns,...
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