Thread: Howdy from wayyyyyy down South.

Not to many people further south then me, unless you're in Mexico. I'm here in South Texas, Corpus Christi area to be exact. I got my first SR shave when I was in high school when I stopped by my buddies dads barber shop. He gave me a hair cut, then started to lather me up. I'm a big wuss with needles so I didn't know how I was going to handle a guy with a razor whipping around my throat! Shave went VERY well and I didn't need to shave for a week. Fast forward 17 years and I want to get into a SR. Like some many other dumb idiots I went right to Ebay and bought a "kit" the Zeepk special. It had been so long since my last SR shave I didn't remember how nice it was. This was a bit different. It shaved, but was more like a scrape then a shave. I used these and tried to keep an edge on them with the strop they included. That lasted about a month. I tried and tried to strop those razors to get a better edge on them but nothing. So I asked the wife for a Dovo Shavette. She got it for my Xmas present this year. I put my first blade in, lathered up and WOW what a difference. Smooth, no tugging great BB shave. Splash some after shave lotion on and wow what have I been missing. So I decided I really would like to do the whole SR thing right this time. I have a Carl Rob Schaaf "Tiger" I purchased off Ebay with a Solingen blade. I'll ship it off to Whipped dog to have it honed, and pick up a Sight unseen kit from him as well. I'd REALLY like a Wade and Butcher, since Wade is my last name. No relation that I know of, but that would be cool. Trying to learn to do things myself as far as honing and stropping. I will be getting a Norton 4k/8k hopefully and have already purchased the Radio Shack microscope to check the blade. Now I just need a tutorial on what the heck I'm looking for

Searching for a Razor that passes the HHT,

Rodney

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, and I hope you enjoy it here.

Welcome to SRP

We have a member named Traveller in Port Isabell Texas who would be a great resource for you.
Here is a link to his Profile page. Send him a PM or email.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/members/traveller.html

Sent him a friend request...last post on here was in 2010...not sure if he's still around.

In his profile is an option to send an email. That would be your best bet. He does travel a lot for his work so his response may take some time.