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