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06-21-2011, 02:57 AM #1Junior Member
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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.
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06-24-2011, 03:08 AM #2The Great & Powerful Oz
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Welcome to SRP
I see from other posts you've been advised re the Krieger already.
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06-24-2011, 11:04 AM #3..mama I know we broke the rules...
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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!
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06-24-2011, 07:59 PM #4Some kind of Zombie
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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,
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06-24-2011, 09:31 PM #5Junior Member
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I'm using it for just that. The stropping practice, that is. I hadn't considered it for letter opening though. Brilliant idea.
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06-24-2011, 09:57 PM #6Senior Member
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Before you attempt to shave with it, see if it passes the LOT, the letter opening test.
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