Thread: Hello

I'm a newbie to straight shaving. I'm a frequent poster at The Shave Den and a constant lurker here. I've been wet shaving for about 4 months now and have 4 shaves with a straight under my belt as well. I'm having a lot of difficulties with shaving my chin and stropping but I'm sure that will come with time. I just wanted to step in and say hello.

Welcome. Good you're posting.

Hey Gelf great to see you over here too....

I had read at TSD that you had yer first straight shave Way To Go...

If you need anything don't hesitate to ask...

Welcome and ENJOY!!

Welcome this is the place for anyone who wants to shave with a str8.
Remember to use the wiki there is so much there that will help you. As I have found the chin is one of the most difficult places to shave and I was told it will also tell how sharp your razor actually is. Stroping is yet another part of the art. There is a section in the wiki on stroping. Just stay with it and ask questions there arer those here who always help.
Good Luck.

Hey man! Good to see you over here!

Enjoy the water!

I do have a question about stropping or learning to strop. I have read that slow stropping does nothing and that you need speed to make it affective. I am finding it hard to learn the action correctly unless I do it slowly will this create any problems if I do it that way?

Originally Posted by GelfLover

I do have a question about stropping or learning to strop. I have read that slow stropping does nothing and that you need speed to make it affective. I am finding it hard to learn the action correctly unless I do it slowly will this create any problems if I do it that way?

Welcome to SRP.

It has been suggested that beginners should use a blunt object loosely resembling the shape of a razor (read: a butter knife) to learn the basic mechanical skills. I find that advice sound, and it would have spared me the extra cost of a second strop.

Welcome Gelflover!

What part of stropping is causing you most trouble? The only reason I ask is because I had trouble rolling the blade over on it's spine at the end of a stroke and finally got to grips with the problem by putting a newspaper on my lap and rolling a razor from one side to the other, over and over, till I could do it without twisting my wrist. I wasn't stropping up and down when I did this, just doing the roll and it helped me no end when I next stropped my razor.

I remember you from TSD, I use the same screen name over there as well.