Quote Originally Posted by thelegazy View Post
Thanks for everyone's help, but i have decided to go with a shavette. I know I'll probably switch over to a true straight razor in a few months if I like a shavette enought. Much thanks to Crotalus who helped me understand a lot. From asking a couple of friends they have recommended that I start with a shavette. If anyone has any extra input I'd greatly appreciate it or if anyone has an reviews on the shavette I have chosen, Amazon.com: Parker SRW Stainless Steel Straight Edge Barber Razor & 120 Shark Super Stainless Blades: Health & Personal Care
Also are the blades that come with this ready to shave with?
I started off with a shavette and used 1/2 of a DE blade. You will eventually want to go to a real straight. Whippeddog.com or the classifieds are great places. However, the shavette needs no maintenance like honing or stropping. After a short time you will know what "sharp" is. The Shavette also works well as a travel straight. Now to the bad part, you will want to go to the real thing eventually. Also, I would avoid buying the packages with a lot of DE blades. You will need to experiment with different brands - they all work differently for each razor and each face. I would suggest looking at bullgooseshaving or straightrazordesigns and get a blade sampler pack. That way you won't have 115 blades stockpiled that don't agree with you.
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