Thread: Waiting Anxiously For My Razor!

Hi all,

Barry here from Whistler, BC. Took the plunge and I'm waiting for my straight razor to arrive. I can't wait to start!

Hello, fellow Canuck.

What did you get? My first razor was (is) a Dovo Astrale. I now have a second in the uh... Toolkit, but it needs work before I can start using it.

Have you been exploring the various shaving creams et al as well? I've discovered a few faves so far, myself...

Hi,

I'm originally from Montreal! Small world. I bought a Hart Steel Hart Steel American-made Straight Razors after reading an article in Boing Boing http://bit.ly/PzkXcT and since I already use a brush and cream (Body Shop) I'll give that a try.

I shaved with a hart for the first time last night, it was great.

Welcome to SRP Barry,,,

You are over on our end of the country and I would like to invite you to the PNW meet up in Spokane WA here are the Details..

I promise that if you can make it you will learn more in one day about this hobby then months of reading and posting on here


http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...pokane-wa.html

The Hart will be a good start.

Loving mine...along with a few others

Seriously, I think you have selected a great blade to start with. I found it to be a very intuitive blade to shave with.

Originally Posted by Barryb

Hi,

I'm originally from Montreal! Small world. I bought a Hart Steel Hart Steel American-made Straight Razors after reading an article in Boing Boing http://bit.ly/PzkXcT and since I already use a brush and cream (Body Shop) I'll give that a try.

And I lived part-time in Vancouver for about a decade. Heh...

I have a big, big yen for a Hart. I've never used the Body Shop cream before, though. I may have to investigate...

Thanks everyone for the kind words of encouragement and for the info on the Spokane show (I might take that in if I've not somehow manged to exsanguinate myself). I'll let everyone know how my first shave goes!

You've probably heard this ad nauseam, but it takes many shaves to get proficient; don't get discouraged if your first few shaves have results that are less than ideal. Or are uh... A little on the bloody side. I started on one of those jobbies that uses half a safety-razor blade and the damned corner kept kicking and slicing me. Once I got my first real straight, things went much better, but I'd say I took the average (150 shaves) before I could get a BBS shave without issues at all.