Thread: What got you into straight shaving?

5 hairs got me started. 3 under my left nostril and 2 under my right. I had wet shaved for over 25 years with all the latest greatest disposables, but was never happy. Tried a couple electrics along the way. Always fought skin irritation and I couldn't get those damn 5 hairs. I saw Ray's segment on the Today Show that got me interested. That night I did a Google search about straight shaving. The #1 site was (is) straight razor place on yahoo. I read everything I could find for a couple months and then bought two razors from Lynn. I have been shaving everyday with a straight for over a year now without irritation and those 5 hairs disappear every morning.

Jeff

Have wanted to try it for about 10 years ... wish I had sooner. Also, I was bored with my Sensor and always thought of shaving as a chore to be done as quickly as possible in the morning. One day I had enough time to drop by an antique store, and picked up an old 4/8" that was in poor shape. I've since bought a new Dovo and a few others, and spend 15 relaxing minutes shaving before bed. I love it and will never look back.

E

I frequent a web site called The Fedora Lounge. One of the members there started a thread about straight razor shaving last year. This got me to thinking.
I was presented with my first DE razor, the day after I was born, by an Aunt and Uncle. (They were excited I was a boy.) When I finally started shaving, it was the one I started using. It has been retired but I continued with a DE. There were times I tried other things but didn't like them.
January 1st, 2006 was my first straight shave. Yes, it was an e-bay razor, bought before finding the fountain of knowledge here at SRP, but it was a Dubl Duck. I am trying to decide what I will buy for my first NEW straight razor. When I start thinking about it, I get as confused as a baby in a topless bar! I just don't know which way to go! Too many great sounding choices out there.

I'm here strictly out of curiosity. That is what got me interested. And I love it. I don't get my best shaves with a straight, but I love the "ceremonial" process of stropping and everything else about it.

RT