Thread: Hallo from SA

Can you name some online shaving stores focus on straight razors

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum!

Originally Posted by Reijnier

Thank you for the advice,I took the to shave and hone but I bought a de safety razor at the same time and i'm lovin it but im looking for more. will a shavett be suitable for learning to shave first

A DE allows you to explore the world of sharp and dull. There are a lot of DE blade choices.
Hunt a sample kit if you can. I have mixed opinions on the shavett and since they
use half a DE razor they do not add to the sharp/dull but do give you an open blade.

Since you have a DE and the GoldDollar the first bit to work on is "Latherin".
Find a brush and some nice shave soaps or creams.

You are in SA so I am not sure what choices you have.
In the US I would have you grab an inexpensive
OMEGA 10098 PROFESSIONAL BOAR SHAVING BRUSH
and PRORASO SHAVING CREAM IN A TUBE.
This is the least expensive "Lathering" starting point
that I would recommend.

There are many many brushes, shave soaps and creams but
I know that a pea size bit of Proraso on a puck of shave
soap like Williams will lather just fine. Some bars of bath soap
are better than Williams ;-).

With a boar brush and practice you can make a darn fine lather
with a worthy shave soap.

A darn fine lather with a DE, Str8 (open blade razor) or shavett
is important so give some attention to you face and whisker
preparation. i.e. "Latherin"

bought these arived yesterday shaved with the black container for 50 rand about 4 dollars it makes a nice lather but my brush is no good ,but im awaiting a pure badger brush with lather bowl and wall mount

Because the stones are narrow I'm afraid of aplying too much pressure that the blade edge cups around the stones and bend or warp I thought to place the remainder stones besides them for support are their other solutions or no need please help and should I open a tread

Hi Reijnier,

The stones you purchased are not for honing razors, in fact they are made to fit the Edge Pro knife sharpening system, If you want to seriously hone your own razors you will need to invest in a few half decent stones, good luck let the journey begin.

https://youtu.be/Of0n13u_n8o
If I do it like this

Originally Posted by Reijnier

https://youtu.be/Of0n13u_n8o
If I do it like this

No your stones are smaller and they were not made for honing razors, the video you show is honing a razor using a coticule your stones are only suitable for use with the knife sharpening system called the Edge Pro.

To make things easier, you could glue (epoxy) the narrow hones to lumber cut slightly wider and around twice as long, to make paddles. Strokes would be more laterally-biassed (more side-to-side) than shown on many videos, using a kind of rolling X-stroke by default.