G'Day from Forest Lake, Brisbane, Australia
G'day from Forest Lake, Brisbane ;)
Just registered after recently entering the world of straight razor shaving and having this site recommended to me by the vendor who sold me a nice Dovo Bismarck. My very first purchase about 6 weeks ago was from a US internet site that came up from a google search on "Straight Razor" and bought myself a Straight Razor starter kit with a "Shave Ready" Dovo 5/8" and a Buckingham & Sons strop and accessories. That was before I was directed to this site and have since found some opinions on the brand of strop and accessories I have and I must agree with those and recommend better alternatives.
The Dovo I have used a few times with moderate success on my cheeks but have real trouble on my upper lip and on my chin where the razor or its novice user is really having trouble getting the blade to draw accross the beard and cut the tough hair that grows there. I have cut myself on every attempt and so will start over. After doing some readings here I will get my Dovo 5/8 professionally honed and try it without stropping to rule out poor stropping technique and go from there. In the meantime will continue to practice shaving using my Dovo shavette and rewatching instructional videos to make sure I am approaching those trouble spots correctly.
Enough about my first few shaves. Can anyone recommend a sharpening service, if not close to south west Brisbane, then one that would service that area at all please?
Many thanks in anticipation,
Motor Mouth