Hi All,
I'm new to straight shaving, wish I would have discovered straight shaving many years ago. Stared with a new DOVO 5/8 with black scales.
Pierre
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Hi All,
I'm new to straight shaving, wish I would have discovered straight shaving many years ago. Stared with a new DOVO 5/8 with black scales.
Pierre
Hi, Pierre. Welcome to Straight Razor Place!
Welcome Pierre.
Did your Dovo come shave ready? I live in Pompano Beach.
Welcome to SRP!
Welcome to SRP, Pierre! Like you, I also wish I had started several years sooner. But, hey, better late than not at all. :)
Welcome to SRP!!
There's a lot of great folks and info here. Check out the library
Enjoy and have fun!!!
Hello Pierre and welcome to SRP.
Enjoy your time here on the forum, ask questions, learn much and have fun.
Pete <:-}
Yes it came shave ready, I did get a 3" strop and did 30 laps before the first shave.
Hi and welcome aboard. You will want to up the strop count to 50 or so. Not stropping enough will let the edge degrade still. Good luck and any questions feel free to ask
I was in the same boat. Didn't start until very late. Just a thought though. Generally with a new shave ready straight razor, it is best to shave with it first before stropping so that you will know what a shave ready razor feels like. This is in the event that a maybe poor stropping technique may dull the sharp razor. Not saying that you don't know how but sometimes a person new to this has not acquired a good technique.
Mike
Thanks Mike,
I did a lots of research before I did my first shave and it cut like a hot knife though butter. Anyway started with the flat parts of the face only, getting the feel for the right blade angle and grip, I did finish the shave off with a safety razor (Merkur futur), no cuts. :-) Did try with DOVO's shavette, got my first cut, primarily due to distraction. :-)
Thanks for the tip, not to strop a shave ready razor.
I've turned my straight razor shaving to a Sunday Evening routine, getting ready for the week, I'm having a hard time during the weekday with shaving, due to my extensive air travel and carry onboard luggage only, don't want TSA to take my knife. :-(
Welcome to the forum. :)
Well, I did try to shave only the flat side of my face but I was impatient. Luckily I did not cut my face off. I took a Safety razor on carry-on and TSA did take out my razor and check that it did not have a blade in it. They are a loony bunch with loony rules. Pretty soon you'll have a hundred shaves in and wonder why you thought it was so hard. Good luck and safe travels.
Mike
Glad you join. Welcome aboard!
Salut Pierrer and Bienvenue.
You said it came shave-ready, but factory shave ready or honed by a good guy ?
:chapeau Enjoy the experience, but be careful. It is known to be addictive......
Welcome to the forum!
:beer1:
I know it's addictive, I have since bought a lots of stuff and I'm actually looking forward to each shave. :-)
Unfortunately I do a lots of travel, unable to bring what I need, so I have found a local Barber where I'm at this week and they do hot shaves, taking my three consultants out for a "Project Completion" shave tomorrow and I will write about the place and post a few pictures, including with address, if anyone ever needs a straight razor shave, in Medellin, Colombia.