Thread: Straight Razor Shaver Ages.

I'm 20 years old and I've just started straight shaving a few weeks ago. I'm all about learning random skills and classic shaving was always near the top of my list. I'm also attracted to the nostalgia involved with straight shaving. There's just something about slowing down and doing something the "old fashioned" way. It's a kind of brotherhood that you share not only with straight shavers today, but all the men who came before you.
I was also fed up with paying outrageous amounts for the disposable razor blades and clogging the blade with half a stroke.
Also I'm not gonna lie, there's nothing that makes you feel more awesome than taking a crazy sharp blade to your face everyday, lol.

Woohoo, youngest one so far.

I turned 19 a few weeks ago. Started when I was 18 -obviously- and that was fun on the first day of college... Some kid -Who is actually now my only really good friend on campus, and roommate for next year- walked in to the bathroom (big communal one) to see me with an 8/8ths Wostenholm at my throat, and promptly did a double take and slid/fell...

It was a great way to get known around the dorm building.

I'm interested in the straight razor because I've always been fond of old things that work as well as or better than modern methods... Big fan of pocket watches, nice suits -especially older styles... I do own a tailcoat, I am quite proud of that- and the like, so straight razors just fell in to line.... I used to shave with a pocket knife, and get about the same results as a Gillette Fusion razor after about 2-3 shaves from the razor, and the knife was easier to maintain and more fun, so I went with it. I now know that the knife was sharpened to about 2000-3000 grit... Big difference going to a 12000 grit razor.

Lastly, I got tired of paying 15$ for three cartridges that lasted about 10 shaves each, and made a chore out of shaving... Granted, now I'm paying 5-75$ per razor... But at least I'm enjoying it!