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    Iron Samurai Tartarus's Avatar
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    *laughs*

    Yeah it is a turn, the wife shaves with a more manly razor than I do lol but that's about to change cause I rather liked this shave I got, my face is still smooth and that has NEVER happened with a disposable...usually I got 5o'clock shadow by now.

    And oh yeah I'm going to get some creams and soaps for myself as well, and maybe some sampler packs of diff blades too, since she has Feather brand covered she got a 100 pack a while back of those so were in full stock for that brand lol. I'll likely have a full armament of stuff very soon. Going to get my own straight though, she's going to get her own as well.

    Whats a good Straight to start with? I was looking at some really cool looking ones today, I'll copy and paste this one lol...
    Thiers Issard 7/8" Le Thiernois Straight Razor, Circasian Walnut Burl

    Really nice, expensive too. SO...I likely have NO darned clue as to what I am getting into here so any advice would help, I'm a big guy and so I like big tough looking things and guess I want the same in a razor, but first and foremost I want it to work and be of a life time of use and so on.

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    The original Skolor and Gentileman. gugi's Avatar
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    welcome to srp, big guy

    a good place to check would be the links in that welcome sticky i put up in this section.

    most of the current production razors are pretty much a standard size. i think the dovo rennaisance and bismarck may be a bit larger and the TI razors are generally a bit larger too. I was just looking at one of my vintage bookers and it is noticeably larger than the current production.
    however you'll have to decide for yourself what is comfortable in your hand and what isn't. i've had plenty of razors that just don't work well for me because the ergonomics is awkward.

    of course at first anything will be awkward but in say 6 months you'll be more used to it and can start thinking of what you prefer.

    what is imperative though, is to learn to use a light touch and correct angle. what you need is not big razor, but sharp razor and the fine motor skills to use it really well.

    as far as recommendations go, i'd recommend that you resist any specific recommendation and figure out the important concepts. most people without much experience will be quick to recommend you the razor they got, or the one that they get best results with their level of limited experience.
    however, there are thousands of excellent possibilities, so it's better to figure out what those are (and more importantly what the bad ones are) and then pick anything from those that's most appealing to you.

    for example decide on things like budget, how important is a new razor vs. vintage razor, if you're considering the vintage ones how much are you willing to pay for a brand name, or trade off cosmetic between condition and lower price, acceptable honewear... On some of these you probably would be just puzzled, but they can mean vastly different prices (if that's important).

    see we can become pretty obsessive about such a simple thing like shaving with a straight razor.

    oh, and don't forget a high quality strop, that's what will keep your razor sharp.

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    Glad to see you decided to join after trying out that Merkur I gave you MONTHS ago lol, well least were are in this together now so should be good.

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