Thread: Married Soon

Congrats!

When I got married, nearly 2 years ago, I remember startting a thread called "I finally joined the ranks of the 'respectable' ". Looks like you are too
If you're skills with the blade aren't yet up to par I'd suggest going for a barber shave, with one condition: once you find a barber who still does SR shaves give it a go first BEFORE the wedding. Some barbers lack the skill required to avoid nicks and irritation, so it would be best to experience it before the big day. You may luck out and find a pro....

Best of luck,

Ryan

Originally Posted by livingontheedge

Welcome to SRP! We may be able to offer more advice if we know your shave prep and gear, but a good start would be to review our wiki Straight Razor Place Wiki - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Dovo Astrale, Leather and nylon strops, some random samples of pre-shave oil, soap, and shaving cream from AOS that I had lying around, and a brush that I inheirited from my late grandfather. God rest his soul.

That's pretty much it. I've been shaving every day with this stuff. My only real problem is my neck. I get abrasions no matter what I do. I'm relatively happy with everything else since i'm just a beginner at this.

Thanks everybody for the advice. I've seen the beginner's guide wiki which was very helpful and I'll look into finding a barber for the day of if I don't feel like I can get it by then. For now, I'll keep at it.

Thanks again and I am impressed by the community here. This is great.

Congrats on the pending marriage. The afternoon of my wedding, my father and I went to the barber for a hair cut and shave. It was a very nice afternoon.

Enjoy!!

I had the same problem on my neck for a long time, and I finally resolved it with two solutions:

1. Good lather. In my experience, the quality of your lather matters less on your cheeks since it's pretty firm, smooth skin. Your neck tends to be looser skin with more "wrinkles" and such, so you really need a nice, moist, slick surface to help the razor glide on. If you don't have that, it's going to skip around like a crayon being dragged across construction paper and cause you some obvious issues. Keep working on your lather until it is really where it needs to be - you will know when you get it right.

2. Sharp razor. I used to let my razor get to the point where it had no business shaving anything, and then I'd still have with it. If your razor isn't sharp enough, you're really better off just not using it. When you're first starting out, you're likely to need a honing more often since you won't be too great at blade care and maintenance. That can be frustrating, but that's just part of the learning process.