Thread: Hey everyone!! New to srp!

I think that round point easier to use at the start.
As for aftershaves it's very personal, try to find some local store and sniff around everything

Sounds like the razor you have is more than fine. Just ship it off to be hones.

Illinois strop, mine was cheap and fine 2nd was creased. Take a moment to read up and inspect your strop, its the main thing to keep the hone away. Speaking of which, I have no clue on your specific hone.

From:
Hall's Pro Edge - Choosing the Right Arkansas Stone Grade
and you description of color and a barber recommendation, you probably have the best arkansas for the job.

Williams was not bad for me to lather, and did not feel bad on my face. But it smells like a chemical factory IMO.

I am sure you will come across lots of recommendations, so I will provide an anti-recommendation. Something of a minimal baseline IMO:

Bath or hot water soak the face.

tiny dab of conditioner rubbed on face

lather

shave

rinse

coldest the faucet gets rinse

Personally the cheap van der hagen luxury shave set has seen me though the first 5 months of learning

Thanks for the info. Did those pictures work? I'm gonna send it off to be honed this week. I guess I should prolly call before I do and see how much it'd cost to polish and clean as well. Since y'all say my razor is good, I may just stick with it for a while. I was debating on buying a new one from SRD and using it to shave, but use the f.a. Clauberg to learn to hone? Ahh so many choices. Tried to shave with it today, definitely getting dull and dragging bad. I hope I'm stropping correctly. I watched a few videos, but there's nothing like experience. I was using the canvas back first, then the leather side.

Imfast,

The photos are fine.

At this point focus on getting your vintage razor lightly restored (ie. blade buffed and polished) and honed. That will insure that it is a sweet shaver for you.

Then practice stropping. After that, get a Chromium Oxide pasted balsa wood strop to maintain the edge.

All of the above should help you keep the edge on that razor from 6-12 months after it has been honed. You won't need a hone or an Arkansas stone until then.

Personally, I would hold off on using the Arkansas stone until you've gotten some experience with straight razor shaving. IMHO your Clauberg is too good a razor to practice honing on.

Originally Posted by jhenry

All of the above should help you keep the edge on that razor from 6-12 months after it has been honed. You won't need a hone or an Arkansas stone until then.

Personally, I would hold off on using the Arkansas stone until you've gotten some experience with straight razor shaving. IMHO your Clauberg is too good a razor to practice honing on.

I'm absolutely agree with jhenry. If you want to practise honing buy some cheap vintage razor off eBay, and also I recommend to purchase cheap pocket microscope.
For example I purchased this one:
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
And believe me it open my eyes on my stropping and honing!

Oh, and be prepared to change your handle. imfast with an extrememly sharp razor near the neck sounds unnecessarily dangerous.

Haha thanks guys!! Ima definitely contact SRD about honing and polishing. Great info guys. I'll report back everything I end up with etc.

My handle is so old haha I use it for all kinds of stuff, been around for prolly 10 years haha easy to remember! When I think of a fast straight razor shave, look no further than the 3 stooges haha love those oldies! :P

SRD doesn't polish them :-/ it looks good tho, I'll just get it honed for now I guess.

I heard that the guy who hones for SRD tries to do a light buffing on your razors when he hones them when possible.

Have fun.

Originally Posted by Imfast101

SRD doesn't polish them :-/ it looks good tho, I'll just get it honed for now I guess.

Originally Posted by Lynn

I heard that the guy who hones for SRD tries to do a light buffing on your razors when he hones them when possible.

Have fun.

Where would you have heard that?