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Hey all, been using a straight for a month or so now and thoroughly enjoying it! First was a Peters Brothers that was gifted and should be back from a touch up Friday. Then I bought a Phoenix & Bohler. Still cutting myself some but certainly getting better
Hello and welcome to SRP.
Enjoy your time here on the forum and have fun.
Pete <:-}
It is often said it takes 100 shaves to get the hang the process
Thanks guys! I shave almost daily, so I’m about 25 shaves in lol!
Welcome to the forum. Look around, read some posts and some articles in the library. That's a great place to pick up tips for everything from shaving to stropping to restoring razors. There are good search tools for any information you might be looking for. there is a wealth of information already here but if you get stuck or can't find it feel free to ask and someone will help you or help you find what you need.
Welcome to srp. Keep it up and the smooth bloodless shaves will come very soon.
Welcome to the forum.
Shaving daily with a straight sounds like a pretty good start to me, after my first straight shave I needed almost a week of healing before my skin was ok enough to try again.
Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you are off to a good start. Slow and easy does the job until it all falls into place.
Bob
Kept reading your thread title as Absolut Newb...this spirit tastes underdone no doubt. ;)
Welcome to the sport and be sure to ask any SR shaving questions that come to mind. Cheers!
Welcome to the forum. Keeping your angle low and your skin tight, with holding and stretching will help.
Welcome, looks like you have a couple nice razors, buying some quality soaps and a good brush, will make a difference. Check the Soap & Creams forum for Obie’s First Tier Soaps and Creams, I highly recommend Martin de Candre soap & Castle Forbes cream, they are pricy but worth every penny. A tub of MDC will easily las a year or more.
Stropping is key in shaving maintenance, pick up a decent strop, does not need to be expensive, you will likely nick it and practice stropping, go slow, watch your pressure and stop before you flip. It can take up to a year to perfect stropping to the point where you are improving the edge consistently.
I’ve definitely cobbled myself up a couple times, always because of bad angles. Stripping was definitely something I was doing wrong at first but a few vids and some practice is helping. For a strop I bought a Naked Armor. For soaps I have Stirling, Czech & Speake and Proraso. Brush is a De VinciAttachment 309334
New guys often scrimp on soap, but it is impressive the difference a quality soap can make. It does not have to be expensive, there are a bunch of inexpensive great soaps in the soap forum, but you cant go wrong with any of the top tier soaps.
Looks like you are off to a good start. Quality equipment makes it easier by removing variables. And really when you compare the cost of cartridge razors, buy quality once.
As you progress and experiment you will eventually find components and technique that you can tailor for your skin and beard type.
Enjoy
Welcome to SRP. Great to have you here.
Hi and welcome aboard
