Thread: Hello from la Belle Province

Hello everyone,
After my last haircut I realized I really liked how clean a shave I got when they did the back of my neck and sideburns with a striaght razor so I thought I`d give it a try myself.
Im from Montreal and am anxiously awaiting my first straight razor. I started of off looking for a razor on Amazon and quickly got confused by the plethora of offerings and mixed reviews. Much more googling was done and I found this site. After readinga lot on here over the last couple of weeks I bought a Dovo Best Quality 5/8 Full Hollow Blade. Hopefully I wont scalp myself. The begginer guide has been quite useful and I can only hope the article on the first striaght razor shave will keep me from doing to bad a job. I like how it is written and it`s suggestion that I not try and do my whole face at once, baby steps seems the sensible approach to me. Honestly I probably would have slit my throat if I hadnt found this forum.
I expect to recieve the razor next week and will gladly post my impressions. I do have a couple of questions I havent seen answered here yet but as they arent pressing and as I have mostly spent time reading the begginers stuff I will wait until I peruse more of the forum to avoid repeating already answered questions.

Hello and welcome Alan

Sounds like you were very sensible in your approach to getting into shaving with a SR. Nothing beats doing a lot of research before making your first purchase, congrats on that. Don't worry everyone is a bit nervous at the beginning, slow and easy does the trick there. Did you buy your Dovo from a vendor that supplies it shave ready?

There are a few members from PQ here and at least one from Montreal. I am sure they will be along shortly but would suggest you have a face to face meet up with them if possible. That is the best way to learn a bit more.

Bob

Welcome to the forum - this is the place to learn everything you need to know about straight razors as well as being a great and fun community to be a member of.

Read the Beginners sections, if you have a questions, usually the search box on the top right hand side will lead you on many hours of fascinating reading.

I'm in Toronto, feel free to message me if you need any help.

Welcome to the forum. There are quite a few Canadians here, a few from Montreal. There is also three pretty good shaving shops in Canada, which reduces shipping time more than anything. You never know how long CBS might decide to store your mail. There is a lot to learn. There are a lot of very sharing people here.

Hello Alan,

You came to the right place. Do not hesitate should you have any questions.

Welcome to SRP Alan. Where did you order your Dovo from and was it sold as "shave ready"? Factory edges are often sub par and having it professionally honed can make or brake the experience.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Welcome to the forum - this is the place to learn everything you need to know about straight razors as well as being a great and fun community to be a member of.

Read the Beginners sections, if you have a questions, usually the search box on the top right hand side will lead you on many hours of fascinating reading.

I'm in Toronto, feel free to message me if you need any help.

We don't need no help from Toronto here in Montreal
Seriously though thanks for the offer. If I think of something I'll drop you a note.

Hi Alan & welcome to SRP. I do hope you ordered your first straight from Straight Razor Designs because Lynn personally hones & strops each straight razor shave ready before it goes to its new home. You will also get a free honing later for when it needs it. I hope you also ordered a strop because as you most likely read in the Beginners Guide, you will need a strop plus a brush, soap & mug. If you ordered it from Dovo, it will most likely need a pro honing which is why I do hope you made your purchase from SRD. You can also practice stropping with a butter knife until you feel comfortable doing so or you will take a chance of cutting a new strop & also compromising the sharp edge of a new straight. If by any chance you do cut your strop, no worries. You can either sand it out or glue it down with super glue or rubber cement. Any questions, just ask.
Good luck my friend.

Hi Alan
Here is another interesting link you might want to check out if you haven't seen it yet:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...icipation.html

Good luck my friend.

I read that one before my first attempt. I will admit that before I started reading up on this I was under the impression I would shave my whole face first time out. Of course even without the article I doubt I would have been so foolish once the razor was in my hands. It is very daunting to put a blade that sharp near your face first time out!

I can't emphasize enough that if you feel uncomfortable at any time in the process, don't go any further.

Aside from saying to start off with just a partial one sided shave that was the best advice I have read.