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02-20-2012, 07:50 PM #1Senior Member
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Hello from the High Desert of California
Hi, guys. I've been wetshaving for a few years now and had become intrigued by the challenge of straight razor shaving. To that end, I bought one of the Parker replaceable-blade straights a couple months ago, and have been using it daily to try and build a semblance of technique before I got the real thing. Call it a "straight simulator", if you will. A couple of weeks ago, the bug bit me hard, and I ordered a 5/8 Dovo Silver Steel with ebony scales and 3" red latigo strop from SRD. They are here, but I'm holding off using the Dovo for a while. I have a new J.A. Henckels razor on its way, and I wanted to compare its edge to the Dovo's (which was professionally honed by SRD) under a microscope to see how a shave-ready edge compares visually to an out of the box one, so I have a target to shoot for when I start my own honing adventures. My wife was a licensed barber before we met and married, and she's given me an old cheapo straight which I'm using to practice stropping. I'm on my way!
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02-20-2012, 09:15 PM #2Senior Member
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Welcome! What part of Colorado is that in?
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02-20-2012, 09:23 PM #3Senior Member
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Welcome RoyceH to the forum and to straight razors . Sound like you got all your bases covered. Its important to keep a great attitude and over time you will build technique and it will be all worth while. Read the posts here, the gentlemen on this forum will teach you what you need to know. Alot of your questions can be found on Wiki. and dont be bashful to ask the membership.
Enjoy and have fun.
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02-20-2012, 09:39 PM #4
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Once you look under the scope, I would compare shaving with them. Read the sticky though before your first shave and just try goind down one side of the face.
Have funMan likes this.
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02-20-2012, 10:03 PM #5Senior Member
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Actually, it's Victorville, California, about 100 miles NE of Los Angeles. Great avatar, BTW!
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02-20-2012, 10:08 PM #6Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Lynn
I'll do that, Lynn. BTW, I ordered the Henckels razor as a result of the praise you gave their products on the DVD I purchased with my Dovo and strop from SRD. I'm looking forward to experiencing both of them!
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02-20-2012, 10:54 PM #7Senior Member
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Sounds warm! You will enjoy it here. There are a bunch of good fellows here..... What avatar? Originally Posted by RoyceH
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02-21-2012, 04:40 PM #8Senior Member
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Your avatar, Sir! Originally Posted by Wintchase
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02-24-2013, 08:20 AM #9Ex-beardo
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Likewise, my good sir. Originally Posted by RoyceH
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02-24-2013, 06:25 PM #10Senior Member
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Just saying hello from south of you desert guys.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment.
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