Interested in straight shaving

Hi,

I would like to salut to all you great and helpful members here on this forum.

I am 24 now and i was thinking about buying myself a begginers razor quite a while now. As i have done some research i found out you all like german quality blades.

I am trying to buy myself something cheap from ebay to try it out. I dont want to rush straight to 80 euros worth DOVO razor and then end up not liking at all. As i come from europe i will use UK ebay to browse. Is it possible to buy a decent razor with strop for 30-50eu range. If i end up liking it i will gladly invest more to buy some good razor ;)

Thanks for your time and help

Cheers, Mitja

Welcome to SRP. I don't recommend your first straight shave to come from an ebay razor unless you send it out to be honed by someone who offers honing services. You may want to contact Neil Miller (a member here) regarding honing a razor for you. You could try to send him a PM or here's a link to his website:

Strop-Shop.Co.UK

He is highly recommended. Good luck and keep us posted.

If you mean one of those cheap, new blades that are all over eBay then you should be wary. The reputation for those is terrible.

Michael

I mean those blades that are in 15-25 pounds range... Ive heard about reputation but as i sad i dont want to spend big and end up not liking it at all :(

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Originally Posted by MitjaP88

I mean those blades that are in 15-25 pounds range... Ive heard about reputation but as i sad i dont want to spend big and end up not liking it at all :(

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The problem with that approach is that the odds are pretty good that you will end up with a piece of garbage that will not take a good edge, and therefore you will not enjoy the experience. But you will not be enjoying it because of a crap razor.

There are alternative though:

Check out the classified here Straight Razors - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

or Whippeddog's sight unsee or sught half-seen deals: Whipped Dog Straight Razor Shaving Equipment

Welcome to SRP, and good luck!

Thanks

I will go with Whippeddog sight unseen option ;)

That's a good call. It probably won't be pretty, but it will definitely be shave-ready and so will give you a decent idea whether this is for you.

Feuw! Glad we got that one satisfactorily sorted. I thought we were gonna lose him for a second there! :)


Mick

Hehe I like your humor ;)

Btw how dow does whippedog respond. I ordered a selected item but i got no feedback :/ Is that normal? What should i expect as a feedback?

Cheers!

Hehe I like your humor ;)

Btw how dow does whippedog respond. I ordered a selected item but i got no feedback :/ Is that normal? What should i expect as a feedback?

Cheers!

Larry (who runs whippeddog) will shortly respond to you with an email regarding your order and the total cost including international shipping. That is if you placed an order and sent it to him from his site along with your email address. It may take a while before he responds as it seems that he is a little busy these days, but you wont be disappointed, havent purchased a razor from him yet but i did purchase his poor man strop kit and it is excellent. I personally like the look of vintage razors so whippeddog is something id buy from occasionally rather than just a beginner's set up.
Goodluck and have fun
Hal

That i something i like to hear ;) Thank you for your info

Glad to be helpful, keep us posted!
Hal

Hi

Well i finaly got my vintage razor from whippeddog today and i must say I really happy with my buy ;) got my first shave and it went quite well i think xD got a few cuts as i have espected but i will get a hang of it ;)

Thank you guys for your great advices!!

Cheers!

Glad to hear it! Keep it up and go easy. small side of face sections WTG to start learning.