Thread: Discouraged

Originally Posted by toabetterworld

My shaving cream is from a $25 shaving kit I bought from the art of shaving. It is supposed to be for a traditional wet shave, but I bet it's not the best stuff out there. I wanted to dip my toe in the water and their kit comes with a badger brush, shaving oil, shaving cream, and after shave.

I figured if I liked the experiment I would invest in some nicer stuff, like a good brush and so on.

I watched the video sixgun posted about sharpening and tried to hone my razor again, but I am not confident it is good enough. I emailed Lynn about sharpening my razor for me. I think it's good to remove some of the variables at this point.

I did try to stretch my skin, but it wasn't easy- it is a lot to try and manage all at once. And especially to try and do it all backwards in the mirror!

Any recommendations on a shaving strop?

Thanks,

Michael

My first and only strop is an SRD 3" Premium IV English Bridle Strop and its been good to me I rubbed it down with just my hands for the first 4 shaves and recently brushed on a bit of lather made with MWF soap and its even better now. its very reasonably priced. I opted to go with the 3 inch strop making learning easier .

go to starshaving.com they have a cheapstrop. And if you have more money buy a better one.
Cella is a good choice for soap. inexpensive and provide an excellent Lather.
What concerns you brush, use one you have now for a while.
There is no need to spend big money for now, that comes later.
Make sure your razor is sharp is your biggest concern.
And believe me, the time comes that you spend more money on razors ect )
enyoy