Thread: Starting razor?

Thank you ALL for your feedback, suggestion and advice.
I submitted my purchase order today and hopefully will receive by the end of this week. I will have a good growth of facial hair and whiskers by then to really give the razor a go.

Ole, Kudos for taking the plunge. You'll do better than I did, I'm betting. I do think the kit you chose will be good to you. I've shaved & honed w/ the Dovo 6/8 BQ and it surprised me as a very good value. It'll deliver the goods long after your RAD has you panting after more fancy looking blades. For now - you can spin your head around w/ all the little details and controversies, but right now there's just 3 things that matter. The shave itself (see 'your first str8 shave on the home page), Making lather (look up the vids by Mantic), and Stropping (see Glen's 3/11 beginner's tips on stropping). If you are able, find some members near you and get some face to face time. It'll help alot. You're about to fall in love w/ a great shave.

Excellent!

Can't wait to hear about your first shave.

IMO you should aim for 1-3 days growth for the first shave.

Don't plan on doing your whole face the first time. Keep your old razor handy.

Enjoy!!

Michael

Good deal man, I would suggest going the same route I did as well; I watched lynn's video before I even took the razor out of the container, and took the plastic off the strop at least 3 times, and watched very carefully the stropping section. You made a smart move getting the dvd with the setup.

My purchased order arrived this morning. And boy am I glad that I answered the door to receive the package. I say this because the items were shipped in a long rectangular box that could have been mistaken by my wife for -Albeit unattractive cardboard brown- for a box of flowers.

Originally Posted by OLE

My purchased order arrived this morning. And boy am I glad that I answered the door to receive the package. I say this because the items were shipped in a long rectangular box that could have been mistaken by my wife for -Albeit unattractive cardboard brown- for a box of flowers.

"Oh Honey! You bought me... a strop?"

First Straight Razor Shave: The closest shave I have had to date! The shave includeded three passes on each side of face. And three passes on neck area accompanied with two passes with cartridge razor for the closest shave I have had to date!
Goal: Two passes with straight razor with no need for cartridge razor.

I bought the same kit when I started; just different scales and I went with the black Latigo. I think that Straight Razor Design is the best company to deal with, I've submitted questions on their site and I have always gotten a timely response and they don't just recommend the most expensive item. I've only been straight razor shaving for 9 months and it has been a journey. I still have a hard time getting a BBS shave on my neck (my whiskers grow from east to west on my neck). But I still enjoy it and I am hooked now. I currently own 5 razors (2 of which I purchased from SRD and that is what I am basing my recommendation on - they were way more helpful on those two purchases than where I purchased the other 3 from). I purposely didn't mention the other places because they weren't bad to deal with at all but SRD was just head and shoulders above them.