Hi All,

Not unlike AmsterDan I'm new here and originally looked into the straight razor as a money saving exercise. I started 5 years ago with a very cheap (read blunt) straight razor which obviously got me nowhere. I switched quick to a shavette and now use that always. I got all environmental suddenly and wanted to stop using disposable blades, so am trying a straight razor again- and like AmsterDan, got a faux tortoise shell dovo for Christmas.

I can't get it to work 😂 I figured it'd be at its sharpest straight out of the box, but it just won't cut my stubble. Twice now I've given up and gone back to my shavette. I'll scour the archives to see what's going on. Was told it wouldn't need stripping for a week or so. Bad advice?

Lovely to meet you all.

Jer