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Hey My name is Mike, I just turned 30 and I love things that are old fashioned. I have about 8 razors currently and in the process of getting one sharp enough to get a good shave. Really cool forum you guys have here. I have gained a lot of good info on here, hopefully once i get a razor sharp I will stop hacking my face. lol.
Thanks,
Mike
Welcome to SRP! Patience is the true virtue here regarding not hacking up ones' face, I've been shaving with straights for a little over a year now. I don't know what happened today, but I had to bust out the stypic pencil today to staunch the bleeding as I somehow hacked up my face. Just take your time once you have the "shave ready" razor in hand and best of luck.
Welcome to SRP.
I found that you cant get complacent with shaving with a straight either. A couple of times I have got a bit lairy with it and cut the bejesus out of myself. Lesson learnt
Welcome to SRP! Tell us about your razor and what are you doing to get it sharp.
Hello, Mike,
Welcome to straight Razor Place. Please keep us apprised of your shaving adventure once you are ready to begin.
Regards,
Obie
I agree!..
I..just for a split second mistook my razor blade for the handle piece!..ouch it went for my thumb..quarter inch cut..meh I thought..another "no biggie" and kept shaving..took 3 weeks to heal but am perfectly good ;-)
As I read from past pro's with razors "Respect must be given for a piece of metal against yer face" :bow
Pcdad
Welcome to SRP! You've found a wonderful community.
Looking forward to hearing of your shaving adventures. :)
Hey Mike, welcome to the forum! I would like to make a suggestion since it sounds like you are planning on honing your own razors. I'd like to recommend that you send one of those razors to a pro and have it honed. This way you will have a benchmark as all of the "tests" aren't scientifically conclusive. Sure helped me out a lot to have something to reference to...
I am walking around today with the mark of Zorro on my face.
BTW, I like your handle Rearden!
Sorry to not get back for a bit been really busy with work out of town.
I am trying to get a good hone right now i have a few good ones but nothing fine enough to get in shape for proper shaving, I found a barber with tons of razors but he wouldnt touch mine as far a honing one... said he would hate to ruin one, I told him I didnt care and he still wouldnt. Ill probably send one or two to someone to be honed at some point.
I have been working on taking some pictures and will probably post a few tommorow if I get time... I currently have 2 JR Torreys, 1 Springfield hardware, 2 Shumate's a Dollar, and a model 30, a Premo (not sure about this brand) and 1 crappy Boker, and 1 crappy Zartina Cutlery.
mike
I bought a few old razors off Ebay, one called a HMC Cutlery. I also bought a new TI from TAOS.
I have a Spyderco sharpener system from my days as a chef. This has the Brown and the White triangular rods. I ran the old blade over the spyderco rods. I haven't gotten it to HHT sharpness, but it shaves better than the TI. Now I know they would both shave better if I sent them to a honemeister, but I am too much of a DIY to do that. I just bought a Swaty off Ebay, so that may help me get a better edge.