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12-31-2009, 05:39 AM #1Junior Member
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Just ordered my 1st razor
Got a Dovo Micarta on the way from SRD I know should brought a cheaper razor for my 1st. But ever since I started thinking about getting a straight razor that one spoke to me and that lifetime honing was killing me.
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12-31-2009, 06:02 AM #2
i think getting what you want is best.
enjoy
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12-31-2009, 07:54 AM #3Hibernator
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Sometimes getting what you want straight up can be better and cheaper than upgrading several times, if you can spare the money. Congrats.
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12-31-2009, 10:21 AM #4Senior Member
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Excellent buy and welcome to srp . enjoy .
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12-31-2009, 10:59 AM #5The Electrochemist
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Rolex1979,
The Dovo Micarta is one of my favourite razors; it was so good I ended up buying two (2), one ivory, one black, to act as my daily razors
I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have mine !
Have fun !
Best regards
Russ
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12-31-2009, 02:16 PM #6Senior Member
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dovo micarta was a nice buy. welcome to the forums, good luck with your new razor!
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12-31-2009, 02:47 PM #7Well Shaved Gentleman...
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Rolex1979,
I agree with the previous posts...Purchase what appeals to you aesthetically as well as what you can afford. Whatever floats your boat. Str8 razor shaving is as much a labor of love as it is an affordable pastime. Sometimes its best to follow your heart, rather than your pocketbook.
Like you, I didn't purchase the cheapest Dovo str8 razor. Nor was it the most expensive razor either. Yet I derive genuine pleasure standing in the mirror with a face full of lather, my "Black Star" in my hand and removing the whiskers from my face. And you will too with your "Inox Micarta."
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12-31-2009, 06:50 PM #8Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP Rolex. Don and Lynn came to our last meet and brought a bunch of SRD's products with them. They don't sell junk so anything you picked up from them would have been fine. I also had my eye on the Dovo Micarta when I was starting out. It took a while but I finally found a gently used one and am very pleased with it. You can always pick up a cheaper razor to practice with along the way. Good luck!
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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12-31-2009, 07:10 PM #9Junior Member
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I did the same thing last night although I order the Dovo Special Tortoise 6/8". Heard they were awesome shavers just not all the bells and whistles. Figure if I get the hang of it and really enjoy it I can always get another one. We should get them around the same day so we'll have to compare notes on how it's going lmao. Wish us BOTH luck!!!!! Dave
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12-31-2009, 09:06 PM #10Junior Member
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Kempster for sure on the comparing notes the wifes grandfather talked me into it. He said it wasn't as hard as you think and would still use a str8 if he hadn't loss half of his index finger years ago. His father was barber and he told me to lather up ballon and practice on it
Next time I go down his place I am going to see if he has any of his old stuff still.
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