Thread: Greetings from South Carolina!

My name is Ed and I took up wet shaving approximately two years ago. I was fed up with paying $45 for 16 razor cartridges that would last a week or two and then go in the trash. I began to research ways to shave while minimizing costs and came across wet shaving articles. After reading many, I decided I would try it. Went on Amazon and picked up a Merkur 38C, Esacali badger hair brush, proraso green soap, and proraso green aftershave. Now, I own a Merkur 1904 (Open Comb) and have added proviso pre-shave cream and proviso after shave lotion to the ritual and it is something I really look forward to everyday.

I have now reached the point where I would like to try straight razor shaving and after much research on this site, I will be ordering the following:

Straight Razor: Will choose between a Boker Edelweiss or T.I. 275 Special Coiffeur
Strop: Two sided one (Leather and Fabric)
Honing Stone: Norton 4K/8K

It's shaping up to be quite an investment, but after reading much on the topic, it makes sense to buy decent gear and start off right.

Thanks to the senior guys for sharing all their knowledge and I will be sure to contribute where I think I can contribute.

Welcome..!!
Glad to have you, feel free to ask any questions.
And enjoy the ride

Hi and welcome aboard. As you haven't honed before start by getting pro honing done and buy a second cheap decent quality razor to learn on. It will take some time and practice to get decent and once you can hone you will have a back up in case of emergency or travel etc. Good luck and any questions feel free to ask

Welcome to SRP from another Sandlapper!

That's a good choice for a first straight. Make sure it is professionally hand honed and shave with it before you strop it the first time. If the company you get it from doesn't hand hone then send it out to be honed before you use it. As for honing it yourself, I'd wait a bit. Skip the Norton 4/8 for now and get a 12k stone to do mild refreshes on.

And where are you at in SC?

Welcome, Ed.

Hi Ed & welcome to SRP. Plenty to learn here so just click on anything you can click on & you will see things you may have never seen before & there's plenty to learn. Any questions, just ask.
Good luck my friend.

Originally Posted by criswilson10

Welcome to SRP from another Sandlapper!

That's a good choice for a first straight. Make sure it is professionally hand honed and shave with it before you strop it the first time. If the company you get it from doesn't hand hone then send it out to be honed before you use it. As for honing it yourself, I'd wait a bit. Skip the Norton 4/8 for now and get a 12k stone to do mild refreshes on.

And where are you at in SC?

Located in Mount Pleasant!

Hello Ed, welcome to SRP.