New to Straight Razor Shaving
Good afternoon Gents,
Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I have been strictly a DE shaver for about 5 years now and just recently ordered a vintage straight razor and strop set honed shave ready by the seller, although still waiting for it to arrive.
Glad to be here!!
New to Straight Razor Shaving
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Utopian
When a beginner puts that blade to his face for the first time, there are only two issues at play--the shaver and the blade. A beginning shaver has no clue how to use his new razor. Only practice will fix that. For the blade, it's a matter of both the condition/quality of the blade AND the competency of the honer. Since you are new to this, odds are good that you have no basis to assess the actual shave readiness of that blade or the competency of the honer.
For that reason, I would like to ask you the source of your razor. What is the specific razor that your bought and from whom did you buy it? It may give us a sense of the likelihood of your razor actually being shave ready.
It's a honed and cleaned up sight unseen vintage from LARRY from WD. It hasn't arrived yet. So I don't know exactly SR it is. I didn't want to shell out a whole lot of dough at first on an expensive piece until I learn all the essentials of SR shaving. I also a strop set coming from him as well. I'll post it up here when it arrives.
Thanks everyone for your hospitality.
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Okay, so my razor arrived today. It appears to be a George Wostenholm & Son, Sheffield, England. I am a novice at SR Shaving and of course I have never heard of this vintage razor. The instruction provided by Larry said its shave ready and not to strop it for the first shave. Looks like ithe razor is in decent shape. Is this a 5/8 Razor or a 4/8? I'm not exactly sure I will shave with it tomorrow.Attachment 227407Attachment 227407Attachment 227407
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I think I'm just going to by a new one. And get my razor pro. honed