Thread: Straight Razor Shaver Ages.

Started a year ago at 34....Just late to the party

I'm an old guy of 64. I've been wet shaving almost my entire adult life. During that time I've worn out several shaving brushes and gone through a lot of soap. But my morning shave is still the high point of my day!

29 years young

I'm 40 years young.

59; wet shaving for 25; SR shaving 1 1/2 yrs

45, started str8 razoring @ 3-4 yrs ago.

49 soon to be 50. I started with a str8 razor one month ago. I've wet shaved all my life. Started with a Trac II and most recently with a Mach 3. One day I decided that the Mach 3 blades were too expensive and didn't last long enough and didn't offer enough control. I decided to go back to the Trac II as blades were much cheaper. I couldn't find a regular supply so did a google search for razor blades. Ended up on a few sights and was then thinking about a DE, but read that a str8 gave the best shave. So I called my dad and asked him if he ever shaved with a str8 and he said never had, but his uncle swore a barbershop shave with a str8 was the best shave ever. The more I read on SRP I was ready to give it a try. I wish I had started 35 years ago, but I'm sure enjoying it now. I also like knives and anything with a blade. So this was a natural for me.

I'm 67 and just started last week. At my age, there are only so many cool things left to do! Seriously, I have been thinking about this for years, and just decided that there was no point in procrastinating any longer. I'm having a good time with this; my wife is rolling her eyes.

i am 17, and wanting to get into str8 shaving, mainly because the mach 3 I normally use produces a shave comparable in comfort to a belt sander, and nowhere near close to SAS

Like a lot of guys in this thread, I have been wet shaving since a teenager, starting with a DE razor, then tried a Schick Injector and several Twin/Tripple/Quad/Quin blade razors.
I did buy a straight when I was about 27 but never got to shave successfully with it.
I couldn't afford a strop and thought I could manage without (atleast for a while) so decided to use a sharpening stone not realising the correct way to go about sharpening I managed quite easily to put a frown on the blade.
So the idea af SR shaving was completely shelved until earlier this year when I decided to try again and discovered this site and the resurgence in straight razors.

RAD is a devil with all the best tunes, anyone who escapes is extremely lucky, and anyone who manages to save money is luckier still
Age 47 btw