Thread: Thinking In Kentucky

Hi All,
I'm wanting to give the straight a try. I'm not sure how it will turn out but I want this to be my 55th birthday present to myself. I have been shaving my head and face with a DE for about 6 months. I have a few vintage razors. A W&B, a Schumate, a Henkle and a Adria.
I have two things in my path, I need a strop ( hanging? handle? paddle?) not sure which would be best for my lack of skill level. I need to find someone to hone at least one of these razors for me. I would like to keep as much of this local as I can. Bowling Green KY Help me, Please. TIA

Welcome aboard Kentuckgent. I will give you my two cents. As far as a strop goes I would minimize the learning curve and get a paddle strop. You don't need to worry about the correct tension or any of that just yet AND you can use if for pastes or sprays down the road whenever you decide to try something else. As far as getting one of your razors honed, I recommend you look at the member services section Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds and see who is close to you (though shipping a razor can be as cheap as $3 each way, so won't add a lot to the cost).

I highly recommend getting two of your razors honed. This will allow you to have a back up in case you have an accident while learning (dropping razor, dinging it on faucet, rolling edge while stropping......). It wont cost anymore to ship two razors vice one and is only a little more money.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the journey. Let us knowif you have any questions, there are a LOT of very knowledgable people here.

Matt

Hi and welcome. Matt has given some sound advice. All I will add is to check out the library for all the starter info and the other basics of Sr shaving. Any questions feel free to ask

Give Brad at Maggar razors a call or Lynn and Don at SRD. The hours Brad is in the shop are on his site.
They are within striking distance and a good guy's.

Regards
Pat

If you are ever up in Louisville! Send me a PM and I can help you out with questions, honing, and etcetera!

Kentuckygent, I'm just up the road in Ohio county. I think you're goinna' enjoy using the straight. Any way you could post a picture of one or more of those razors? If they are in decent shape I'm willing to hone one up for you to get you going. PM on way.

Thanks

Looks like some great candidates to get you going there!

Looks like we can work with them! Can't wait.