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10-27-2015, 08:41 AM #1Junior Member
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Hi. I'm the new one.
Hi there.
My Name is Tobias. I'm from Germany and until I decided to join this Forum only a silent Reader.
I'm car wrapper in an international Endurance Car Racing Team.
I started shaving with the knive just a few months before and since then I don't want to go back to this moder razors**t again.
My first "knive" was the Dovo "Shavette" with changeable blades. Short after the first shaves and some blood drops I was ready for a "real" straight razor.
The first I bought was a full set from A.P. Donovan. Cheap but good looking... The Razor came with a leather strap, a brush, an in House razorcream product of A.P. and the knife itself in a nice wooden box.
The first shave with the shave ready knive were not what I wanted to see. But after honing it gets better and bettter every day. So the fever gets me and I searched around for other straights...
The next one was a WICAWA from Solingen from the middle 20th century. Little bit rusty and some scars at the edge but nothing ou can't work with. So I cleaned, grinded and honed the blade by myself to get the best shave until now.
The next two knives are bought already.... One from I think around 1830 and on from the beginning of 1900...
So lets see what it gets.
I'm proud to be one of the Forum and hope to learn more about the straight razors culture.
Greets from Germany.Dovo, A.P. Donovan, Wicawa, Puma, J. Bingham...
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10-27-2015, 03:08 PM #2Senior Member
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Welcome Tobias , It appears you are well on your way ! Your shaves will get progressively better with time , preshave prep, a proper angle and skin stretching and of course a well honed blade. Btw.. I am assuming a car wrapper is one who installs graphics on the vehicle ??
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10-27-2015, 03:18 PM #3Senior Member
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Greetings, Tobias. Welcome to Straight Razor Place!
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10-27-2015, 03:56 PM #4Senior Member
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Welcome aboard Tobias!
Feel free to reach out at any time, take your time and enjoy the journey!
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10-27-2015, 04:07 PM #5Boker Fan
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Willkommen Tobias! You are certainly in the right part of the world to pick up excellent blades. Still some great razor makers in Solingen. Viel Gluck!!
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10-27-2015, 07:36 PM #6Senior Member
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Hi and welcome. Sounds like you are going well already but any questions just ask.
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10-27-2015, 09:11 PM #7Junior Member
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@Wirm: Yes exactly thats the point. But sometimes I just fix the damaged parts of our cars. But... thats racing.
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10-27-2015, 09:40 PM #8Senior Member
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Welcome to the forum.
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@Wirm: Yes exactly thats the point. But sometimes I just fix the damaged parts of our cars. But... thats racing.
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