Thread: A new long winded member.

Thank you all very much for the advice. I will be looking at Whipped Dog tonight when I get home and if I can convince my CFO (Wife) I will be moving forward to purchase something from them.

Welcome! You will become part of a very special fraternity.

Ditto on the Whipped Dog Sight Unseen recommends:

Remember, two razors are better than one. You MUST convince SWMO(She Who Must Be Obeyed) that you will need two razors. You WILL need at least 2. This is just in case you damage one by accident. It happens easily. Miss-Stropping(she a dirty hoe), for instance.

Enjoy the journey. Not all paths are the same, but we all have the same destination.

Hello and welcome.

SRD is an awesome place to start. I have never heard a bad thing about Whipped Dog

Mama Bear Soaps has Aqua Di Gio. Haven't tried it but there you go.

Just want to thank everyone for the help. I will making a purchase soon. I may stick with a new razor only because I like the looks of a new razor. I tend to baby my items and I like to keep things looking new.

Welcome to SRD. Patience is the key. Good shaves to you.

Greetings and good luck.

Originally Posted by Saxxon

This is very interesting to me. Whipped Dog, can anyone think of a reason not to buy from them or have a bad experience with them? the prices are nice and I don't need name brand pretty for my first one which will undoubtedly turn into something unusable while I learn. are these razors satisfactory? or should I just stick with the Dovo?

Welcome to the "Place".

A couple of things to consider with Whipped Dog is that the razor may be 'disposable' ie it may not have much life left in it for repeated honings.
Not a problem if you expect to "turn it into something unusable"

Secondly a razor that is not pretty may also be rusty which again may not be a problem if using a cheap strop that you don't mind embedding with rust.

For some, these things could constitute a bad experience, for others no problemo.

Well just to keep you all in the loop, I just made my first purchase. Due to its reputation and all around recommendations I have read on here, I went with buying from SRD.

I bought the Wet shaving kit that included:
Ralf Aust 5/8" Black Straight Razor Set
•Your Strop - 2" Black Latigo Leather
•Your Brush - Simpson Beaufort B4 Pure Badger Shaving Brush
•Your Mug - Classic Shaving Mug
•Your Soap - Frankincense
•Your Acrylic Brush Stand - Black
•Your Pinaud Styptic Pencil - 1 ounce
•Sack-Ups Protective Razor Sleeve - Yes Please

Again, thank you everyone for your input, it was much appreciated and made making this purchase that much easier.

You did good,,,enjoy the journey,,,

Welcome to SRP

It's good purchase, but as long as you've stayed with srd you really couldn't make a bad one - anything you pick from their inventory is high quality. I don't find a brush stand particularly useful as I prefer the look of a brush sitting bristles up instead of hanging bristles down, but that's almost irrelevant either way - just make sure you shake the water off your brush after use. For that matter I don't have use for shaving mug either - I like to face lather and my soaps live in shallow bowls that they usually come in.