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09-10-2014, 04:57 AM #1Senior Member
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Hello from Arizona
I've been using DE and SE razors for a while, now, and really enjoy traditional wet shaving. I'd been thinking about getting a straight, when a friend of mine who owns a knife shop told me he had taken a straight in on trade and wondered if I was interested. Well, it was a Thiers Issard from AoS with bovine scales. Still new in the box with a price tag of $260 and he offered it to me for $100. So, now I have a straight but still need to get a strop and then I'll go for it. I'm hoping to learn a lot here about technique before I hold that blade to my neck!
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09-10-2014, 05:04 AM #2Member
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Welcome from a fellow Arizonan!
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09-10-2014, 07:11 AM #3Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP!
Make sure you read the Beginner's Section in the Library.
And send that blade out to be honed by a pro. It may be new in the box and labeled "shave ready", but it is not face ready.Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead - Charles Bukowski
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09-10-2014, 07:37 AM #4Senior Member
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Welcome Good Sir
You are now entering the "vortex"....Your life will never be the same....in a happy way !!
JTmke likes this.http://straightrazorplace.com/workshop/18504-welcome-workshop-how-do-i-where-do-i-what-do-i-answers-here.html
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09-10-2014, 07:52 AM #5Senior Member
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Good for you! Straight razor shaving also has a cool factor.
Mike
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09-10-2014, 12:33 PM #6Senior Member
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A warm welcome to SRP from another fellow Arizonan. What part of the state are you in ? There's a sizable number of SRP members in both Phoenix and Tucson.
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09-10-2014, 01:23 PM #7Senior Member
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Welcome to the SRP
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09-10-2014, 01:37 PM #8Senior Member
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Hi and welcome. Don't trust that factory shave ready. Do as Cris advised and send it for a pro honing. Good luck with the transition.
My wife calls me.........
Can you just use Ed
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09-10-2014, 01:39 PM #9Senior Member
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Im in the Phoenix area--East Valley. Does anyone from AZ know where I can get my razor honed locally? The guy I bought it from uses a wheel to hone knives, and I wasn't sure that his experience sharpening hunting and kitchen knives was the best option.
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09-10-2014, 02:00 PM #10Senior Member
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DO Not Let Him put the razor on that wheel!! Knives and razors are not even in the same category, I,m not sure if anyone local , but if not there are a few guys on here that hone the classifieds have them listed and there are some of us who use them, don't worry about waiting to get it back from honing , think how long you waited to get a straight. Good luck but get it honed or you will not enjoy this experience. Tc
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