Thread: another convert,hi from the highlands

hi all,
have just received my sr8 and look forward having a go, hopefully wont have to change my name to vincent (van gogh) by the time i've finished my first part shave.
alot of good info & advice available form here.anyway here goes.

Please enlighten us a little bit: what other hardware do you have besides the razor? What brand is the razor? Do you have any experience using a souble edge razor (I typically recommend that new users use a double edge first since they are easier to learn to use then a straight is, yet the skills that you learn with a double edge are idential to the skills that you use with a straight)?

have been using double edge for some time & decided to progress to sr8.
have a dovo bismark,strop & paste,brush complete with a badger on it.have always shaved using oil first and then shaving soap and now trying some soaps from truefit & hill(traditional olde world stuff).Any advice welcome.
looking to add a couple of more razors shortly once i get the basics and decent level of proficiency with the dovo.

If you have progressed from a double edge like me morty then you are in a position to answer my assertion that they are great practice for the straight. What is your opinion?

what exactly about a DE, other than not pressing the razor into your face as hard as possible, translates to using a straight razor?

+ the 30 degrees. I take it you do not agree?

every DE i have used has varied a bit. You basically just use the head as a guide, it is a no brainer.

Originally Posted by jbcohen

+ the 30 degrees. I take it you do not agree?

jb,
used DE as i found that stock of the shelf razors weren't lasting that long & wanted to try something else, i did get a far better shave with it ,didn't really feel at the time that i had the skills for using a sr8 and decided after a while why not.I did find that after years of picking up a pre-packed of the shelf razor it did take a fair few goes to use the DE properly without having the usual nicks and scapes from a novice user.

I have found the opposite to be true for me. Learning to use a straight razor has taught(helped) me how to properly use a DE. I prefer the straight, of course, and I use it 99.9% of the time. - of course I am talking about learning to do multiple passes, very, very lightly with the DE. Most of us only did one pass with the DE and, of course always pressed too hard.

Steve