Thread: first go

This is the make shift strop that I mentioned earlier with the section that I actually use to strop being inside that box. The whole surface was cleaned up with one of those wire brush wheels on a drill.

It took me awhile to get the jist of shaving with a straight.. But with time you'll get there.. I still can't shave atg in a lot of areas.. Keep giving it a chance you will become hooked like the rest of us...

I.didn't mean to.offend anyone shooter.. i received the razor from Lynn never shaved with it. Was nice enough to.rescale the razor for the lad and sold it thats it.. what happened after it left my hands i don't know.. that's all i meant.. mayb im.wrong but if it was Honed by Lynn never shaved by me after it was honed is it considered shave ready. Nor did i mention anything about my occupation..

No worries man, no offense taken & I hope you didn't take any either.

Sounds like the biggest issue is a proper strop and of course the learning curve the OP is going thru. You have been around long enough to know that it takes quite a bit (average of 30 shaves with the proper equipment) for everything to come together like the prep, stropping, good lather/shave soap, shaving technique, & so on. Sometimes it's hard to diagnose what is going on, but it's up to us veteran shavers (you included) to help the new guys out with their trials and tribulations on the journey to a proper gentleman's shave. It's an international brotherhood, we owe it to one another to help one another out of the "newbie" rut.

You have me curious about the "occupation", I am a locomotive engineer which has absolutely nothing to do with our grand sport, it's just "fun" to mess around with the razors as a hobby...you?

U can.tell.from my name my occupation .. oh badge like mentor badge lol i love the brotherhood actually great hobby not crazy expensive like my other hobbies my Harley and kayaks..i love passing my knowledge on to the next guy he is going threw a learning curve like we all did lots of variables and factors but we all get there.. thank u my friend for ur help in my shaving journey..

Neither of your seniority is in question by myself. I do not dismiss any information or advice that any knowledgeable individual gives me. In addition to digesting the advice that I have been given, I have also buried myself in the theory of straight razor shaving. Make no mistake, I am not that chap who doesn't know what "shave ready" or the difference between what a honed and unhoned, stropped and unstropped blade can do. With that being said, theory and practice are obviously very different. I could read every piece of straight shaving literature on this planet and still be completely horrible, which I am. I am new, have done it only a handful of times and will be the first to admit that I have horrible stropping and straight shaving technique. This, however, does not make me completely ignorant. When I say ignorant, I mean it in the truest sense of the word, I do not ask, hear but then choose to not listen and effectually ignore given advice. I know that what I am using is a very poor excuse for a strop, and as I have said, mine is in the mail. When you first told me, shooter, that a 3/8 blade is easy to roll, I did indeed take that to heart. I make every effort possible to be as light as possible when I strop. I try to make sure, to the best of my poor abilities, that I keep what little pressure that is used on the spine, and let the edge follow. What you tell me is always first and foremost in my mind. I also read and re-read the stropping section in the "library" section of SRP. There is a GIF there which illustrates how the deflection must be on the spine and not the edge. When you say it is easy to roll, I understand what you mean.
I most certainly apologize for any crossed wires or if my diction caused you to think me less humble than I should be.
I will continue to listen to anything that you gents have to say for the plain and simple fact that, as you have said, you've been there and done that.
If you'll allow me a brief moment, I will post a picture of the razor.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to assist folks like myself.

Most appreciatively,
Kyle

Here it is gentlemen.

Also mentionable, I'm just going to refrain from using the straight until my strop arrives.

Checked out "the filly" and I'll order one next week! thanks for the tip on a good strop. The one I have coming is cheap because I've been told that a first strop can be ruined

Where did you get your first strop from? There is a difference between cheap and inexpensive.