Thread: Converts

Any of you guys had a friend that started off by saying you were nuts for shaving with a straight razor and you'll cut your throat etc, only to have them join in the fun and convert to using a straight razor??

Got to be some great stories out there about the people you have turned on to shaving with a straight razor..........................

Love to hear them.

Thanks,

Lynn

So far I haven't sucessfully converted anyone, although I'm working on my barber. I got him to switch from a cartridge razor to a Gillette Fat Boy loaded with a Feather. He's tried a few tentative strokes with a straight but isn't ready to make the jump..yet. He did ask me how many straights I have (which isn't many, compared to some I could name). I told him, and his response was "That's a little excessive, isn't it?

My brother is searching for his first razor now.. I'm almost hoping he does cut something :

A buddy of mine saw all my Twitter & Facebook updates in the past couple weeks about collecting razors and learning to shave with them and asked me for some info.

Then he read my blog post and was sold on the whole thing.

I told him he could either wait for me to learn how to restore the things or just get one from the classifieds here. He went with option #2!

I can't wait to hear how he does with it. Hopefully he'll join us on SRP.

Lets see I am doing pretty good as a SR missionary

We have my neighbor and SRP member Cat28
My Brother in Law and SRP member Colorado
Our lot guy at the dealership
My wife's boss starts tomorrow if I get his first straight razor honed tonight..
Our title clerk's husband started with that Tulipwood Boker I made him for Christmas...

A few more have tried but it didn't stick with them YET !!!!!

Funny thing...

My wife has been telling me I was crazy for all of this straight razor business for a while.

Recently, I have been showing off my BBS cheeks to her and forcing her to give them a feel....
Last week she says "hey, if you see a lady's razor that doesn't cost too much get it for me"



At least that is what I think my face looked like. so now, I am in the process of setting her up with a razor (for her legs that is... just anticipating any confusion)

Sort of the other way around for me. One of my best friends was shaving with a straight back in the mid 90's, and I kept laughing at him and telling him he was crazy. Eventually he stopped and went back to his M3, and a few years later I picked it up and then got him re-interested in it. Turns out the reason he'd stopped was that he could never get it sharp enough on his Tormek and got tired of the pulling. A few lessons and a coticule later and he was back on track.

I do, and now he is on SRP and has more str8ts than me! It is good to have a freind that's into it also. Makes for good conversations.

It's all Steve's fault I have all those straights.
It's a blast.

Something else, my wife blames you for losing the counter space in the bathroom.
Just funnin.

Originally Posted by smarullo

I do, and now he is on SRP and has more str8ts than me! It is good to have a freind that's into it also. Makes for good conversations.

My co-worker was complaining about not getting a good shave using gillette, shick and such infernal hair removing tools. Knowing I was into straight shaving he asks me if the hype is real, so I tell him, yes, if you are a little bit patient, and pay close attention to the golden rules of straight shaving.

So I end up borrowing him a good straight and a strop, tells him some of the most important basics and to take care, and of he goes.

Comes back the next day, big smile on his lips, not a nick, just some slight razorburn on the neck, and tells me he had the shave of his life!!

I'd say he's devoted!!!