Originally Posted by
ace
I recently saw a Hart Steel straight on Ebay, advertised by the wife who bought it for her husband and said "it just wasn't for him".
Jumping into straight shaving without preparation seems to be just too difficult. There is just too much stuff that has to be right for it to work: pressure, angle, technique, preparation, and edge, to name a few. Then there is care of the edge, stropping, and eventually, honing. I would think the success rate of people who are just given straights to start with, with no prior knowledge or preparation for it, is below 10%, if that.
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