Thread: New to Straight Razor shaving

Well as the title says, i'm pretty new to this world and always like to do my research on anything i take on in my life! i've been interested in this style of shaving 1) because i've always been interested in it since seeing it in old westerns and 2) it's a whole lot cheaper! HAHA!

well, any advice is going to be greatly appreciated! look forward to chatting with you all in the near future!

Taj

Not necessarily cheaper as many then start honing their own razors which means buying a honing stone or two or three. Some of us may purchase many other razors, just cause! Soaps, Aftershaves, brushes etc. It can get pretty expensive if you let it! LOL. I see that you understand. Lots of information in the "Library" and people to answer your questions. Welcome to the forum and "Smooth Shaves" to you.

Mike

Yea, the whole "straight razor shaving is cheaper" is pretty much nonsense. It's an addiction and it gets expensive. I could have spent $50 on a DE razor and 100 blades and been done for a year. But it makes what used to be a daily chore into a daily interest. And having tried a lot of different shaving methods, there's nothing compared to the straight for closeness of the shave.

Hello and welcome to the SRP forum.

Hi and welcome to the SRP family.

One of these days we are going to have a member with two razors and a barbers hone and Crox on Balsa/strop....period.

Maybe they are out there, like BigFoot, staying out of sight...

Sorry, just having a moment...

Welcome, you are amongst friends.

Smooth shaving...

Welcome. If you want a "cheap" shave, grow a beard. This is not the place that you think it is. People here will tell you about another SR, hone, stone, strop or soaps and soon you will be checking them out and find yourself going to antique shops, junk stores, estate sales and even eBay trying to find something even more unusual, and before you know it any savings you may have had is gone. Any friends you may have had will be alienated by you trying to foist SR shaving on them as your passion for it grows and pretty soon you will be found by a loved one sitting in the middle of your "shaving den" clutching your favorite razor sniffing shaving soap and rocking back and forth babbling incoherently.

Originally Posted by AKShaver

2) it's a whole lot cheaper! HAHA!

Yup that's the line we all use on our other half's to justify the initial outlay Then the bathroom gets filled with an ever increasing array of soaps, creams, moisturizers (something i never ever used before straight shaving and now use daily lol) etc etc ........not to mention them razors that multiply on their own, "honestly baby they have their own kids i didnt buy em"

Welcome to the AD club

Welcome to SRP. Like everyone else has said use this as a resourse and there are plenty of guys out there that can answer any question you may have. I myself have only been using a straight since January of this year and the information on this sight as well as the knowledge of its members has been a tremendous help. I will agree with what some have already hinted to, it could be cheaper, but like most of us you will end up wanting more razors along with brushes, soaps, aftershaves, etc. I enjoy shaving now and did not before so for me it is a relaxing experience that I look forward to daily so that is how I justify it. My wife does not really appreciate that justification since I have bought four straights in seven months though

Hi and welcome to a reversal of roles where the wife checks the credit card statement to see what you have been buying. Any questions feel free to ask

wecome down the rabbit hole, smoth shaving.