Thread: My Introduction

I am a Texan who is devoted to self sufficiency. Recently, I had my first barbershop straight razor shave ($25). It was the best shave ever. I want that kind of shave everytime. I know it will take practice and experience, but I am committed.

Zeppling gave some good points, and stropping is very important, but I would say you need to get a practice strop. If you get an expensive strop and don't do a lot of practicing you will have tons of nicks. Some people will recommend making a strop out of newspaper and trying that, but I think using a cheap leather strop give you a better feel of whats is goin on.
Be patient, it usually takes 3 months or so to get a handle on this and in a year or so you will be still learning the finer points.

Crom

Great points above. I'm just here to say HOWDY.

Welcome from a fellow Texan! You'll enjoy the place.

Welcome!

This place is great and very addicting!


Lu

Enjoy. May your wallet be empty, shave den full, and a sh*t eating grin on your face.

Alot of good advice already said. A good cheap strop to start out with is on ruprazor.com is the filly strop. There is also a strop razor combo for cheap: RupRazor - Gold Dollar Razor and Filly Strop

Welcome to SRP. If you follow through with your commitment you'll find that you'll get better shaves than the barber gave you.

Thanks for all the great advice. I am sorry I did not respond until now. I have been having trouble activating the quick reply function. I apologize if it appeared rude. Still haven't activated the quick reply function.

I had not thought about ruining my strop with improper technique. Good thing ya'll told me about that because I just recieved my Dovo strop (premium russian leather). That would have been ashame to ruin an expensive strop. Does anyone know where I can get a cheap expendable strop?

Get this:

RupRazor - The Filly

Best $20 you will spend while starting down this path.

Do yourself a favor and get the FillyStrop (or similar)!

I'm new here and read about how you will likely nick/cut your first strop as are learning your technique. Well, it is true!

I received mine in the mail recently and have been EXTREMELY careful stropping my first razor. Well, sure enough, I already nicked it.

I'm glad I didn't spend a lot on it and once i master the technique (of stropping and shaving) I'll buy a more expensive one.

John