Hi,

I am Matthijs, from the Netherlands and since a few weeks I wanted a straight razor to shave. I have almost no beard growing yet since I am 17, so I dont even know if it makes sense. But I think it's so cool to straight razor shave myself!

I bought a cheap razorblade on ebay today for €7,50:



Probably I cant use it instantly? I dont have a leather strap so I dont really now how to sharpen it, only option is to machine sharpen it, but I read that was very bad.

I already have a brush, and I will buy shaving soap from the Dutch brand called 'De Vergulde Hand'. That's a good soap I read.


I dont have huge amounts of money to buy lots op expensive stuff, so if my cheap ebay razors dont work i'm not even sure if I will buy an expensive straight razor.

Does anybody have tips for me?
And is this something good to use, a straight razor style razorblade, but you can use normal DE's in them if I understand it correctly:
Rasiermesser Edelstahl schwarz Wechselklinge ausklappba bei eBay.de: Rasur (endet 19.05.10 09:24:56 MESZ)



thanks in advance!

Matthijs