Thread: N00b with facial hair

Not that I'm new to facial hair, but I am new to this place, haven't touched a straight blade to my face, and I have facial hair that needs attention in a manly sort of way.

My wife bought me a straight razor as her wedding gift to me. Unfortunately, she didn't have the time or facilities to do a lot of research and so after seeing some brief and positive reviews she purchase a Kreigar KG101.

Absent any other accessories the blade stayed unused for nearly 3 years now. But for Fathers' day this year she purchased me a strop, a badger-hair brush, shave soap, and C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream (I absolutely love the can of C.O. Bigelow shave cream she bought me a year or so ago).

So now I've no excuses, and frankly, I'm looking forward to getting into straight razor shaving with regularity.

Welcome to SRP
I see from other posts you've been advised re the Krieger already.

Welcome welcome.

You can work on your shave prep with your new brush, and grab a butter knife from your kitchen and start learning how to strop....practice your flip!

Welcome to SRP. You could use the kriegar to practice stropping too, and opening letters. Get yourself a good quality blade from one of our vendors here (Straight Razor Designs, Whippeddog.com, Classic Shave, Straight-Razors-For-Sale.com, etc.)...easy to do whether your budget's $30 or $300. Then have at it!

Be sure to post your progress and feel free to ask any questions/post any frustrations along the way.

Peace,

Originally Posted by BigJim

Welcome to SRP. You could use the kriegar to practice stropping too, and opening letters. Get yourself a good quality blade from one of our vendors here (Straight Razor Designs, Whippeddog.com, Classic Shave, Straight-Razors-For-Sale.com, etc.)...easy to do whether your budget's $30 or $300. Then have at it!

Be sure to post your progress and feel free to ask any questions/post any frustrations along the way.

Peace,

I'm using it for just that. The stropping practice, that is. I hadn't considered it for letter opening though. Brilliant idea.

Before you attempt to shave with it, see if it passes the LOT, the letter opening test.

Originally Posted by ace

Before you attempt to shave with it, see if it passes the LOT, the letter opening test.

I've heard of the TST, the THT, and a couple others. But you're the first who's informed me there's a LOT.

Of course, everybody seems to agree the TIAAT tends to be the most accurate method of determining not just the ability of the razor, but that of the person shaving as well.

Welcome to Straight Razor Place..!

Originally Posted by ace

Before you attempt to shave with it, see if it passes the LOT, the letter opening test.

Add THAT to the Wiki!