Thread: Old guy from Tennessee trying straight razor shaving

The feel of the face after the shave. That's the reward!

Well, the goodies did indeed arrive! A straight razor from cudarunner, strop from SRD and a couple of towels from Westcoast Shaving.
After getting home and opening the stuff, I just had to shave, even though I had shaved this morning!
Overall, the results were good. I didn't use the styptic pencil even once, whereas that was a regular occurrence with the shavette. Of course, I've become much more careful, and perhaps a bit more experienced now.
The blade looked beautiful. It seemed more forgiving than the shavette, but the shave was as good or better.
After doing some research on this site, I also did a better job of lathering.
I prepared for the shave with the wet towel treatment. I ran hot water over the towel, then put it in the microwave for 20 seconds.
Cudarunner stropped the razor before he sent it, so I haven't used the strop. I need to do additional research so I feel confident using it.
So, progress was made and it was fun, too!
timmwood

That's great. It has begun! Enjoy!

I'm very happy that all went well

Good job... It only gets better.

Hey, just wanted to let you know things are going OK with the straight razor shaving. I've still got a lot to learn, but the involuntary blood donations are fewer and the shaves are getting smoother. Thanks to cudarunner and others for their help and advice.
timmwood

From the emails it sounds like you are well on your way to truly enjoying this Age Old Art

As I've told you, it takes time but once semi mastered it's a Wonderful Way of Life!

Keep at it! But take your time!

There's going to be a meet up in Richmond, KY over Memorial Day weekend. I don't know how far you are from this.

Taking Lynn's advice.use an old leather belt and a butter knife and practice. One wrong turn of the blade and it may be a tandem strop with a str8. Done it myself, glad it was a belt and not a $100 strop.

Originally Posted by rickboone

There's going to be a meet up in Richmond, KY over Memorial Day weekend. I don't know how far you are from this.

Looks like (according to an online search) that he's 271 Miles - 436 Km
4 hours 38 mins away from the meet.

I do hope that he can make the journey as he will learn more in a few hours than reading and watching videos for months upon end

I speak from experience as while I've only been able to attend one NW meet that was in Spokane WA it was so informative to not only watch Glen (GSSIXGUN) in person do some show and tell but to be able to stop him and have him slow down or back up so I could see Exactly what was going on. :