Thread: Hello from BC, Canada

Hi all, been reading & lurking around for a while & finally jumped in. My first intro to straight shaving was about 6 month ago with a Dovo Shavette. My father originally bought it at a historical tourist tow (Barkerville for you western Canadians). He shaved it with it once & hacked himself up pretty good & then gave it to me for a try. Surprisingly it went fairly well, no major blood, but yes there was some. Did that for a couple of month & told my wife to buy me a Hart Steel SR for Christmas & she did. Got the standard Hart with Black scales & a Mountain Mike strop. To my surprise, a real SR is much more comfortable than the shavette, more forgiving. Stropping has had a little learning curve. Nicked up the strop a bit & had to glue one small slice, nothing too serious & now feel much more comfortable stropping. Already learned a lot from the Wiki & hope to learn more from the old pros here.

Welcome to SRP. Glad you have decided to join our swelling ranks. I hacked my face up pretty good using the shavette. The real thing is so much more forgiving. I still nic my strop from time to time, happens to us all.
Happy shaving. I'm overdue for one come to think of it.

Welcome to SRP from another fellow Canadian. Good to hearing your experience with the straight is going well.