Good day all,

New to straight razors. Actually what got me started is the barber I go to, a Rooster’s franchise, sells the Art of Shaving supplies and when added to my normal razor it made things so much better. This led to remembering the occasional straight razor shave I would get overseas while I was active duty in the Navy. So I picked a Parker SRB Straight Edge Barber Razor and Shark Stainless Blades from Amazon so I could try it without having to worry about the sharpening or whether it was a good razor as I’ve had the barbers use them to clean up the neck and ear areas. In Texas if you are a Barber vs. I think a Stylist you can use a straight razor. I have also been using the AOS supplies.

Well like probably everyone else who has tried to learn this on his own it has been a bit of a bloody ordeal. So before I ended up with a face scarred up like a horror movie extra I started to do some googling and found here. Already started to do some reading and am seeing where I am making mistakes.

Had some questions on my approach. Whether the straight razor with disposible blades is a good starting place or is it different from a true razor?

I definately have a lot to learn. Reading here just on the latter that all I was getting was soapy water not the full lather discribed in the tutorials. Also found out that the products I am using may not really be all that great. Seems that for the price AOS would be up there with the others but it seems to be the general opinion that the best stuff is actually cheaper (by a little) than AOS. Just my luck.

Jim