Thread: Help required with lecture on straight razors!

Any chance you could share either the notes or put the lecture out on youtube?
It sounds interesting

The reason I use a straight is mainly that it is the only way of shaving that is comfortable enough that I can use it every day.
Secondly it is macho, it makes me feel manly.
It is something about traditions, my grandfather made a living making knifes and he used a straight. I still remember sitting in his shop where it smelled leather and a bunch of other good things. It seems like a way to honor him.
The feeling of achievement, every day I will try to get a BBS shave and it is such a good feeling when I master another aspect of the technique and get better shaves.
It is relaxing just to take the time needed and to do it properly instead of hurrying up ti get it over with.
They look good! How many of you guys have had a friend pick up a disposable to admire it?

Good for you. For such excellent service you've earned ...

... A GOLD STAR!



My story?
The reason I started straight razor shaving was to save mone- ... well at least to stop funding Gillette to fill the landfill with disposable garbage cartridges. I'd stopped using canned shaving foam years earlier realising that it was no better than water alone, so that's what I was using. It was inconvenient to have to keep wetting my face during the shave, but I was saving money on the shaving foam and not pitching those cans into the garbage.

Since starting up with the straight razor, the main reason I stay with it so diligently is the quality of the shave. I get a close comfortable shave with no more ingrown hairs. I also get to take my time and focus on the job at hand as well as savour the pride of a job well done with a razor I honed myself.

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Originally Posted by flyboy

Any chance you could share either the notes or put the lecture out on youtube?
It sounds interesting

Yep - I will share them in the most conveneient way possible when it is completed. I am still just compiling notes from you guys. I need to take some more photos and gather some images from elsewhere before I get to pull it together. I also have a similar question going on in fountainpennetwork.com and there are about 13 answers or so there so far. It is interesting for sure.

I imagine that I will post the lecture somehow once I have delivered it - I know I won't have much time to spare before that... So start of February - promise.

cheers
Stephen