Thread: greetings

You will NEED a strop! It is imperative to keeping a shaveable edge on any straight razor! Without a strop you will be needing to use a barber hone MUCH to often...eating away the life of the razor...also without a strop you will not have a comfortable shaving edge....veterans am I correct in this?? I'm somewhat of a noob but this has been my experience so far.

Yes a strop is a must-have, no way around that.

Yup, the strop is a necessity. It is to be used just before each and every shave. Perform 50 roundtrip laps.
Your face will thank you.

You might want to edit your profile and include your location so that you can be contacted when a razor meet in your area occurs.

Hope this helps,

i'm thinking i should go with one of the "sight unseen" deals from whipped dog as a cheap starter, along with soap and a brush of course. once i learn what i like maybe i'll upgrade to a nicer razor? the deal at whipped dog seems great, especially including the strops to start. the soap and brush are both vegan options i found online- the brush a synthetic omega from amazon and the soap from honeybee soaps.

Hi and welcome

Just a note on shaving brushes, I like horse hair (I have a Vie Long horse hair brush) which is collected while grooming rather than from a dead animal. I don't know how that sits with your girlfriend but if its OK it broadens the options.