Thread: Louisville, KY

Originally Posted by Shaotzu

Thanks again everyone! Just celebrated my birthday, and my wife decided to buy me a DE Safety Razor. She did a bit of looking around and thought it might be a cheaper investment and good transition from the Mach 3 to the Straight Razor world. She did well picking out a Merkur R89, and actually shaved with it for the first time this morning. Took a bit, especially on the curves, but was a nice, clean, painless shave. I figure I can save up a bit and decide on the Straight Razor in a bit once I get used to the DE way of doing things.

In other news, I was checking out SRD and noticed a ton of their Dovo razors are out of stock . . . anyone know if that's normal for them? Or they just keep old ones up on their site?

True that DE will let you learn the ropes of face prep, lathering and angles...so it is a good way to start the transition.

RE: dovos and SRD, there is another thread here somewhere about the fact that razor manufacturers are way behind sales with their production. Buying at SRD is a great deal, because of 1) the razor you get will have been honed by a master, and 2) you get a 2d honing free, which comes in handy, since most of us dulled our first SRs fairly quickly and that service is worth about $25.

Look at Ralf Aust on SRD as well as Boker and other name brands on Vintage Razors LLC (also honed by Lynn Abrams). There is also Whipped Dog for a starter and the classifieds on SRP.

Good luck. welcome to the journey!

Welcome to SRP! Good to see you found your way here. Great company and an excellent forum. Enjoy!

Thanks! And yeah, I just jumped on Vintage and they have a better collection "in stock". I think I'm going to order a couple of things from them today (soaps and stuff) and then save up for the Straight Razor purchase.

Thanks Speed! As much as the Internet can be the bane of knowledge, it's great to find communities like this for random interests. So far it's been a wealth of info and already pointed me in the right directions which is great. Would hate to spend a couple hundred dollars and have no clue what to do or where to start.

Random Interests?
I thought this was a lifestyle!

welcome and as stated before a DE is a great start. I too purchased my first straight kit from SRD and the razor as well as the service sre fantastic. I purchased my second razor from Larry at Whiooed Dog also a great person to do business with. WELCOME DOWN THE RABIT HOLE.