Thread: Hi from Idaho

Hi I'm John and I've been shaving with a straight for about 2 weeks now. Before I got my Dovo Bismark I was using a Dovo shavette for about 6 months so the learning curve has not been too horrible for me. I am getting a smooth shave except for under my chin. I'll keep practicing and reading.

Looks like you have been a member for awhile now, good to see you posting...

We have quite a few members here from Idaho, and even more from the Inland NW...

Look forward to seeing more posts from you and also to let you know that we started a annual NW meet up last year and are planning on having another September 2011 and would love to see you there..

Here is a link to the last one..

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...a-meet-up.html

I think a meet and greet would be great... Sandpoint is not that far from me either. It would be nice to show my wife there are other straight razor users out there...lol Keep me posted when the next one is, I really would love to go.

Hi John

Welcome to SRP. If you have been tooling around the site you already know that this is a great community.

I have been wanting to get a Bismark what size and color?

So how do you like the improvement of the real straight over the shavette? Is it all it's "cut" out to be??

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by johnmorganjr

Hi I'm John and I've been shaving with a straight for about 2 weeks now. Before I got my Dovo Bismark I was using a Dovo shavette for about 6 months so the learning curve has not been too horrible for me. I am getting a smooth shave except for under my chin. I'll keep practicing and reading.

Specky my bismark is a 6/8 red and so far I am loving it. Jeff, yes it is all its "cut" out to be. My shavette I was good at but already I have a better shave except for under the chin but I will get that in time.

Welcome John. I've been at it for two weeks myself. Today was the first day I did a decent job on my chin--but then the whole shave took almost an hour and about 5 or 6 re-lathers--oh well, it seems to get a little better each week as I am finally getting used to handling the straight razor. It sounds like you are well ahead of most of us newbies--keep up the battle.