Hello from Yorkshire (england) :-)

[Hock]

Just a quick hello before I go hunting further through the site, which by the way looks like a wealth of information! :-)

I've had a few shaves with the barber and have decided to take the plunge and get a razor myself. It'll be mainly for detailing/trimming (if thats the right term lol) as apposed to full face shave as I tend to have stubble most days.

I was going to go down the route of a shavette but nobody had any in stock at the moment so I went for a full on straight razor.

Here's the one I've gone for as my first. I know its a Bontgen & Sabin Solingenwith the term "Mois" stamped on the shank/tang, and has celluloid sclaes, other than that I don't know the year etc but i would be very interested to know if anyone has an idea ?





Cheers for any info :-)

[Nightblade]

Can't giva ya much info, but I can welcome you to SRP and say what a beauty of a razor you have and let the camaraderie begin. Oh and hope you like spending money on things like soaps of all kinds(seriously just posted like this for a new fella from Poland) aftershaves, hones, brushes and the list of acquisitions diseases galore. that's what we call it for example if you start taking a fancy to say brushes...then you got BAD, Razors RAD and so on and etc. WELCOME !

[Hock]

Thanks for the welcome

I can see the list of additional acquisitions growing rapidly, I've got my eye on a nice looking vintage strop this morning as well lol
Good job christmas is coming, I can classify them as "gifts" from the wife

[Nightblade]

Yep......yer done for now lad. Enjoy

[cudarunner]

Welcome to the most friendly, helpful and informative site on the web!!

You will find members here of all different backgrounds, ages and occupations from all corners of the world and all with a quest for more knowledge about using and maintaining a straight razor!

If you take the time to search, 99.9% of your questions can be found in the Library (WIKI) however feel free to ask us about whatever it is that you are wondering about or having a problem with. It does help if you’ve done some research before hand so it narrows the problem down a bit.

Now to your razor! That's a nice looking one!! Now to the Big Question!!! Was it 'Shave Ready' (Honed/Stropped and ready to go)when you bought it?? If it's not, you will only be disappointed learning this age old art!!

It's been a long strange journey for me these last 4-5 years since I took up the art, but I've learned so much and made some many friends that it's been one of the best endeveors I've ever taken on!

As long as I'm able to, I'll never go back to using disposable crap again! I have aquired some DE's for back up, but they seldom see any usage!

Again! Welcome!! Enjoy the Ride!! It's a Great One!!

[syslight]

Providing that your razor is properly honed you may find yourself clean shaven more and more frequently. but be care some folks get so addicted to shaving with a straight they shave there head, legs, arms, cats, dogs and just about an other creature then can smear lather on.

but usually the first to go is stubble, although a few grow a moustache as opposed to learning to shave the upper lip properly.

take your time, reads, watch good videos and ask questions. if at all possible try and find a "mentor" near you a couple hours spent with one of them will really help you out.

enjoy,
jim

[DaveTheGeordie]

Welcome to SRP

[eddy79]

Hi and welcome. Beautiful looking razor in good condition. Make sure to get it professionally honed and get a cheap strop as you will shred your first one and it would be a shame to ruin an antique. If you drop a pic in the razor forum you may get some more info on the razor. Good luck. Ed

[Hock]

Cheers guys, i'll pop a pic up in the razor section as well

Now to your razor! That's a nice looking one!! Now to the Big Question!!! Was it 'Shave Ready' (Honed/Stropped and ready to go)when you bought it??

I bought it from a guy with great feedback with razors, he described it as "cleaned with no pitting to the blade, slight marks to the tang, full hollow ground 6/8 mirror polished. No chips or cracks in the blade, scales are in great condition with a good polish to them. The razor is Shave ready and will pass any test and has been sterilised with Barbiside."

I only purchased it yesterday so I don't have it in my hand yet I'll let ouy know what its like once it arrives.

I was thinking something like the standard plus below, if I cant get hold of a vintage strop that takes my fancy
Strops, brushes & soaps

Or this one also seems to get decent feedback
3 Napped Leather Hanging Razor Strop - Starter Travel

[syslight]

both of those strop option are great and the owners of the shops are members here. for the record I have made purchases from the invisible edge and have been very satisfied wit the edges on his razors. I have not used the strop shop but they are very well liked and have a great rep for service after the sale.

owning both vintage and new strops, unless you can touch the vintage one before buying you might be investing is more problems like dried out leather, nicks and cracks and pasted surfaces.... NOS vintage strops cost nearly the same as new usually.

jim