New DOVO, Chinese 12k, Strop?
Hey everyone,
I am getting closer to my much anticipated first shave with a straight! I have posted a couple of threads here and already received some good advise, thanks. I have a mug, badger brush, and some goat milk shaving soap and that has already made a great improvement in the way my gillette sensor safety razor shaves. I got a new strop, not the best, not the worst but I think a good starter. I also have a Chinese 12k stone coming that I purchased here from RayG. He tells me the stone is lapped and ready to go. Finally, after getting out bid on a few dandy's on ebay and before I found the BST here, I ordered a new DOVO razor from classic shave, DOVO Straight Razors.
My first question is what do I need to do to this razor after I take it out of the box and oo and aah, before I take it to my face? Next, I do have a couple of cheapo carbon steel blades, far from shave ready that I want to use to practice my honing technique. How easily can I mess up the trueness of my stone with poor technique?
Final note, before anyone directs me to Lynn's DVD, I have a copy coming with the razor and I will make sure to watch it before I proceed to much farther.
Thanks for the help,