Thread: so i shaved with my pocket knife

ok so lets start by saying im what the army calls a hard charger with tounge in cheek (hard headed). I don't have a straight razor, still making my decisions as to wich I want. Now I do curently use a brush and soap for my shave lather, I watched a video on making lather that was posted else where on the forums and it helped tremendusly. I went in to the bathroom started trying the techniques I learned and came up with good lather, then I remembered I had sharpened my pocket knife earlyer today while I was watching the honing tutorials and for some reason a light went off...I wonder, so I reached in to my pocket pulled it out and at this point my wife had just gotten out of the shower sees the lathered face and her husband holding a pocket knife and wearing a smile (never a good sign from me) she said well i think its a bad idea and shook her head so with blade in hand and ready for the pain I made my frist stroke, yes it pulled a little, yes it burned some but it shaved prety darn good. Now my wife is thinking after seeing my face twisted up like I just drank skunk beer, well thats all folks but remember im a "hard charger" so I shaved both sides of my face and in a rare moment of clarity decided against shaving my neck or chin with it. It wasnt the easyest shave (as I, we were laughing the whole time) it wasnt the most comfertable shave but I promise you it will be one of my most memorable shaves like the time i was shaving as the mortars were falling and my friends and i just laughed at the insanity of it all any way just thought it was funny and some might need a good laugh

I hope your face wasnt too sore afterwards..! If you can shave with a pocket knife you'll find theres a world of difference with a properly honed and stropped straight razor. The edges are buttery smooth and dont pull at all, some call it the "velvet squeegee" effect!

What razors are you looking at at the moment? Maybe we can help you make your mind up..! Have you looked in the classifieds here? There are lots of great vintage shave ready razors available there, you may spot something you like...!

-S-

Nice work!!! If you can sahve with a pocket knife you can shave with a straight!! What sort of knife was it? Was it your EDC?

There is a video on youtube where this guy shaves with a bowie knife, its scary stuff.

Haha, that's the same way I found myself in the Straight Razor world :P And I know there's another guy here (forget the name) that had a similar story...

My "razor rotation" was a Buck sheath knife, or a Spyderco Endura 4 ... Kinda sad that they gave comparable shaves, if not better that, to a disposable cartridge

So KB,
When you finally do get around to buying a str8 razor, try to avoid the urge to whittle with it. ;-) <grinnnn>
Namaste,
Morty

my pocket knife is the smaller version of my EDC (i cant find the bigger one) its a W.R. Case traper yellow handel they are great knives i have had the same one in my pocket for 6 years its been on two deployments and has never chiped and allways kept an edge, although i was tought at a young age to care for my knives and i promise i wont use my razor for anything other than shaving lol