Thread: Hello from England

I was pointed in this direction from another shaving forum and thought I would drop bye to say hello.

Started DE shaving around May 2014 to save money and to ease the irritation from cartridge razors, as my collection of DE razors / soaps/ creams/ brushes etc grew I realized saving money was an illusion but the shaves have proved worth the money spent. Instead of shaving being a chore, it actually became something I looked forward to. Inevitably therefore, I strayed into the path of straight razor purely out of curiosity, I mean, no way would I have the courage to use one of these... Not a change.... No way...

After a session on Ebay looking at straight razors, out of curiosity, I found myself the proud owner of a 6/8 Kropp, then after a little checking around the web, a Strop was winging its way to me. I sent the kropp out for honing and have shaved with it 3 times now, taking it easy for now with 2 passes of the sideburn/cheek area. Not confident enough to go any further just now as I am still concentrating on technique.

So Hello from England and I may ask a few dumb questions from time to time.

Welcome to the colonies! You are welcome here and I recommend going to the beginners section and the Library to get most questions answered:
Straight Razor Place Library - Straight Razor Place Library
~Richard

Welcome to SRP. Yep, the Library is the ticket! Good for you.


Mike

Welcome to SRP! Sounds like you are well on your way. How did you like the results of your first couple shaves?

Thanks for the welcome. First shave was ok with a lot of feedback from the alum but the latest was much better, closer shave and less feedback.

Welcome to the forum. Ask away!

Hi and welcome. Soon you will get your shaves down and then it will be round 2 of RAD and you can add SAD (strop addiction)

Sounds like you are on the right path. , just don't expect to much too soon ,, it's takes a lot if shaves to get good at this. And remember to work on stropping it's one of the biggest downfalls to beginners. Keep at it in a few months you,ll wonder why you didn't start ages ago. Welcome. Tc

Thanks guys, 2 pass wtg on cheeks and sideburns no nicks or weepers and no sting from alum. I got right down to th jawline, stretched the skin some more and got that too. I tried a light pass of my neck but that will need work. I will keep at cheeks and sideburns for a wee while.
Finished off with my adjustable.
I take my time stropping, before shaving I do 80ish strokes keeping the strop taught and the spine of the razor on the strop. Just enough pressure to keep the spine in contact on strop and try to get the razor moving before making contact with the blade.
I also strop for aboit 40 lengths after shaving. Is this correct?

Sounds like a solid routine to me