Hello from Nottingham,England

Quick introduction. Took up DE shaving early this year which made me enjoy my shaves. Tried lots of DE razors in the time since and very recently started using a CJB Kamisori shavette which I've found to very enjoyable and no where near as daunting as I first thought.

This is has led to me buying a couple of straights; a Gotta 4/8 which is off to be cleaned up and honed and a shave ready Kropp which I'll be trying for the first time tomorrow.

Probably not that quick an intro but nevertheless, hello from me!

Welcome to the forum. Have fun with those razors. Lots of info here in the library. Also plenty of help in the forums. If you can't find the answer to a question, just ask.
I am new here as well. Just trying to be a sponge.

Brian

I hadn't seen the library tab so thank you :)

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I hadn't seen the library tab so thank you :)

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You are quite welcome. Also read the stickies in red at the top of beginners section.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...ead-first.html

Lb1, Welcome to SRP!

By the way Lb1when you get a chance post pics of your razors. We love pics here.:D

Hello and welcome to the SRP forum, there is lots to see and read, fill your boots! :0)

Hi and welcome. Those are both nice razors and should serve you well. Good luck mastering the straight.

Welcome! Sounds as if you have some good razors. Nottingham, eh? Probably old hat to you, but I would love to see it! :)

Hello and welcome to SRP!
The library is a great resource and a wonderful place to lose yourself for a few hours of reading.

Welcome lb1. I am certain that you will enjoy everything srp has to offer. I've found that the members are very helpful.

Welcome to the forum. Tell us how your first shave goes, and good luck with it!

Carl

welcome from a londoner! a Kropp is on my list of razors I would like to try! We would love for a photo to go up in the SoTD section when you've a chance

lb1,

Welcome and hello from Hastings :)

FYI - there is a chap in Nottingham (Gary Haywood) who is both a barber ('The Barbers Shop' in Sneinton Dale) and a skilled straight razor user & honer :)

He is a member here at SRP.

Have fun :)

Best regards

Russ

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lb1,

Welcome and hello from Hastings :)

FYI - there is a chap in Nottingham (Gary Haywood) who is both a barber ('The Barbers Shop' in Sneinton Dale) and a skilled straight razor user & honer :)

He is a member here at SRP.

Have fun :)

Best regards

Russ

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I'm not too far from Sneinton so that's good to know. Thank you for the warm welcome from everyone else also.

Had my first shave with a proper straight this morning using my newly acquired Kropp 6/8. Having a few shaves under my belt with the CJB certainly helped me with angles but I've still got plenty of work to do there. I found the Kropp to be quite noisy as it sliced through my stubble which is in stark contrast to the CJB which is almost silent. I'd heard not to expect the edge of a straight to be anywhere near that of the Kai blade in my CJB but I didn't think it was too far off. I did a WTG and XTG pass which yield not bad results. Probably the equivalent of a two pass shave with my DE. Incidentally with all my shaves with the CJB and the the straight today I've had no irritation at all even though the aftershave sting has told me that in some places I'd been particularly poor! Somewhat amusing as before the CJB and straight my DE of choice was a Feather AS D2 because of its mild nature!

Lastly, this stropping malarkey is no where near as easy as it looks. This is one area I really need to practice on.

P.S. Once my other razor is back I'll post pictures of both my razors :D

Lb1,

These stropping videos are the best I have seen

HiBudGL (Sham)

straight razor stropping - YouTube

Mr Alan Davies

alan Davis - YouTube

Have fun :)

Best regards

Russ

Thank you for that. Seems my grip was off looking at that video.

Glad to hear you had a good first straight shave!

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Glad to hear you had a good first straight shave!

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Thank you. My second one was even better. It's funny as when I was using a DE I pretty much ignored the advice re skin stretching and angles as I could just buff problem areas. I'm seeing just how important the correct angle and stretching the skin really is now as well as proper beard mapping. I managed a much closer shave in two passes than yesterday. Still not on a par with a 3 pass DE shave but not far off. I'm sure once I get my angles nailed down it'll improve ten fold. Having no irritation is a massive bonus as well.

I'm not sure who is local in Nottingham for testing shave equipment.

I did buy some stones from Gary Haywood last year. He's a nice chap and someone you should probably meet up with. I believe his honing system is Coticules, As I now have his Naniwa super stones :D

I would ask him If he can do you a few honing and stropping lessons, He runs a barbers shop so it's something that should be possible if it's on a quiet day.

Hi, from someone who spends a lot of time working in Nottingham :-)

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By the way Lb1when you get a chance post pics of your razors. We love pics here.:D

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It's true, I find pictures are much more fun than trying to read the big words:p Welcome to the club

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I'm not sure who is local in Nottingham for testing shave equipment.

I did buy some stones from Gary Haywood last year. He's a nice chap and someone you should probably meet up with. I believe his honing system is Coticules, As I now have his Naniwa super stones :D

I would ask him If he can do you a few honing and stropping lessons, He runs a barbers shop so it's something that should be possible if it's on a quiet day.

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You're the second person to recommend getting in touch with Gary. I'll have to send him a pm :)

And JPshaver, did I buy a commodore x3 off of you from another forum?

Hello, and welcome to SRP !! :chapeau

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You're the second person to recommend getting in touch with Gary. I'll have to send him a pm :)

And JPshaver, did I buy a commodore x3 off of you from another forum?

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I have had dealings with him as well, nice guy!

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You're the second person to recommend getting in touch with Gary. I'll have to send him a pm :)

And JPshaver, did I buy a commodore x3 off of you from another forum?

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I certainly sold a Commodore x3 so it's quite possible mate. Hope its working out ok

All was going well until I discovered synthetics. I've moved all my badgers on (last one is up for sale elsewhere). It was a great brush though.

Got my Gotta 4/8 back from UKRob today so it's now ready for its first outing. Good timing really as I dropped my Kropp this morning and broke the scales so that's now on its way to be repaired :(

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You would be in Gary Haywood's neck of the woods. His a very helpful bloke and well worth meeting up with if you get chance, he's in Sneinton.
Taught me loads about honing and have bought some nice gear from him in the past.