Thread: I'm now the proud owner of..

a beautiful John Crowley straight razor!!

it finally came, wrapped in the most sturdy package ever, that only someone with supernatural powers could tear apart unnoticed and thus got past the evils of customs unscathed!! Hurray!

Thank you, Mr. Crowley, it's a beauty.


I'll let you guys now about how my babysteps in straight razorland fare in a bit I guess.

Harold

Can we have a pic please?

sure, my mother has borrowed my camera, but I'll get it tomorrow and post a pic

edit: I forgot Mr. Crowley already sebnt me a picture before sending the razor, so here it is

Cool Dude enjoy it.

ok, just done my first shave.

1 nic, 1 very minor cut because I'm not yet very used to maneuvre scales

The shave wasn't too good, no doubt due to my sucky technique, but ok. I did expect my jaw and chin to be the problem area, already was that with the M3, the straight does puzzle me there though. :|

I didn't expect to have to pull down so hard on the razor and hear it on the hairs as much though, I'd expected that to be an 'M3 thing'. I tried to keep it at 30° the whole time but my technique no doubts *** donkey ***.

but at least I'm not gutted

Good choice! Enjoy the learning process, you'll probably be amazed at how quickly your shaves improve over the next week or two.

Nice razor! You're on the road now, keep going! You'll get there. Some razors are "noisier" than others. Did you get it shave ready? Have you got a strop? Let us know when yuo encounter a problem and we'll let you know what to do.

yes I have a strop and a pasted paddle strop

oh well, somehow making lather didn't go well today as well, normally don't have a problem with that but today it just didn't seem to want to come up (tabac soap)

you're doing great. my first straight shave I had 7 or so nicks / cuts.

Also nice stuff - I hear the Revisors are great, and Tabac is outstanding. Keep at it. Yes, first several shaves might not be too smooth but as long as you can avoid big cuts and irritation / burn it's worth it. and the quality does improve!

Good luck
Ivo

Full hollow razors can be very noisy; they resonate like a bell or a drum every time a hair gets cut. When I shave with my extra-hollow Wacker it's like rain on a tin roof :-)