Thread: Why A "Shave Ready" Razor is often NOT Really Shave Ready - A Detailed Explanation

I do not regret diving headlong into this wonderful pastime and obsession for which it has become...lol...it has given me alot of enjoyment and knowledge as well as a great compliment of aquaintances and friends,a great many I have never met or seen but who offer their hand of friendship through the forum when ever they are on.

I had so many questions and so few people to ask until I found SRP.

This post by JL Storm is an excellent starting point for all you guys who want to take the plunge into Straight Razors and want to buy a razor or indeed get the old one from the cupboard thats been bugging you to try.

I made the mistake well no, learned by my mistake that a cheap razor from an unknown source or manufacturer does not always help so read the post carefully, for what I paid for my first Straight could have gotten me a quality piece from one of the many people mentioned by JL, my first real shave ready razor came from Bill Ellis and is still even with the addition of new ones one of my favourites and it came shave ready.

My advice to all you newbies and Im no expert is to utilise all the expertise available and get on in there, for the advice given is second to none on here and your first straight shave experience will be great and have you willing your stubble to grow faster so you can do it again.....

Go to the experts, spend as much as you can afford on a razor because the deals on here are awesome and atleast guarunteed that you can obtain them, get them shave ready from one of the listed members here, you will definately not regret it and off you go.

This is just my tuppence worth, thanks JL for putting it up there, and newbies, have fun...

regards,simon