Hi all! I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area. And I'm totally entranced by the idea of using a straight razor. Really glad I had the dumb luck to stumble along this site. Already it's been a treasure trove of information!
Cheers!
--Dee
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Hi all! I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area. And I'm totally entranced by the idea of using a straight razor. Really glad I had the dumb luck to stumble along this site. Already it's been a treasure trove of information!
Cheers!
--Dee
Enjoy the site. There is a lot of expertise and experience to draw upon.
Have you started shaving with a straight razor yet?
Welcome dean
Enjoy Th site and clean shaves from Aus
Welcome from the Volunteer state. You will find that the Wiki and the library are your best friends as far as information goes. If you can't find your answer in those locations then feel free to ask, we are more than willing to help. There are several members in your area that meet up on a regular basis, if you can get together with them for "mentoring" that will make the learning process go a lot smoother. There are a few areas that you need to concentrate on, that is mapping your face, lathering, shaving and stropping. Learn those fundamentals and you will enjoy a new passion.
Hi and welcome.
Welcome from a follow Californian. ...
Welcome. There is a lot of very sharing and knowledgeable people here.
Hello and welcome.
Welcome! Call on me 24/7 for average-to-bad advice.
Hello dean,
Welcome, have you got any ideas on the equipment you need or would like? Let us know a budget and we can probably steer you on the right course.
Thanks to everyone for all the welcome and advice. This site is great. I'll began exploring the library, and it's an amazing resource and really helped to clarify and explain things. And I've bumbled around the forums a bit and found the "Ladies Corner." That's an excellent resource I wasn't expecting, but was really excited to find.
I need a razor still. My budget is fairly low, so around $100, unless someone sees something really stellar come up; I am will to spend the money. It will just be a peanut butter sandwich month and it's only the first, lol.
In the classifieds there is a G. Clason 6.8 wedge and a Kropp 7/8 full hollow posted by carrolljc, each for $90. Any opinions? Or opinions on something else in the classifieds?
While my budget really only accommodates one of theses razors, part of me wants to purchase both so that I have two razors that I can feel the difference between. Since that would be $200, if someone has something for around that price that would be worth spending the money on it by a newbie, I'd appreciate that advice.
I have a friends who is a leatherworker by trade, so he can help me make a strop, especially since I just want a beginning one that I don't have to feel bad about messing up right now.
I am open to, and appreciate, pre- and after shave product, as well as soap and cream suggestions. And brushes. But there are entire forums devoted to that so I can go there to explore that for myself.
Thanks,
Dee
yep the financial ruin beings, welcome to the club.:needcoffee:
Good start on the classifieds. Should come to you "shave ready". Very important. But read a lot , start practicing the stropping action , a butter knife will do and ask questions it'll all fall together one day. Tc
Ah... to really experience the pangs that financial ruin brings, one would have to have enough finances to feel that pain in the first place, or to stop choosing things that require and investment of money that one doesn't really have. So the enjoyment of experience, or watching money grow in the bank? I'm a sensualist, so bye bye money. I'll grab coffee with you. :beer2: (just pretend it's coffee, or not)
Thanks for the advice. Butter knife is a good suggestion.
Personally i would get the one i prefered for now, and make sure i actually wanted to keep using a straight, give it a month or so, then pick up something else. Having a second razor is definately a good idea, especially as you will need to send your razors out for honing the first few times (well that is the usual way it works).
I appreciate the input. In such a short time it's has really helped me learn a lot. So excited to get my hands on my first razor! :y
Hello Dean, and welcome to the SRP family!! ENJOY THE JOURNEY.
Hi and welcome. A 7/8 full hollow might be a handful for learning with. Usually a 5/8 to 6/8 razor is recommended for new straight shavers. If you keep an eye on the classifieds you will find that you can get 2 razors for 100. Might not be as flash as those you are currently looking at but will likely shave just as well. Good luck and any questions feel free to ask
Lol. Right now I don't know the difference between what's "flash" and not. Thanks so much for the advice, which falls in with the advice elsewhere on SRP, but, impatient newbie that I am, I've already made arrangements to purchase both razors. I never could manage to do things by halves. lol.
Thanks to you, and everyone else, who has been so welcoming and have given their experience and advice so freely.
--Dee
It sounds like you will be all set then :)
Sorry i cant remember, did you say you had soap and brush under control? If not it would be worth getting them so that you can get ahead with lathering whilst you wait for your razors, you could also get some stropping practice in, if you can get your friends bum in gear to make it for you.