Thread: Koraat razors

Originally Posted by Tester28

Hey all, Im a straight razor virgin and Ive just gone berserk and ordered a Koraat from Ulrik.

I know good sense dictates that I should be playing with starter razors and then slowly moving
up the ranks but good sense is not something I have a steady supply of....anyway I am excited
and eagerly looking forward to give this a go. I have been doing a lot of reading on all the
stuff that goes with the upkeep of a razor. 99% of my questions I just google and sure enough
it will lead me to a few threads here or elsewhere so it saves me the trouble of re-asking them.

I hope to benefit from the immense knowledge that this forum presents, once the razor arrives. Im in no
hurry to shave with it until I have everything I need and comfortable that I have covered all the basics..

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your new Koraat. To my knowledge Koraats come decently shave ready. I would recommend learning to strop and stropping the razor before using it, though others suggest that newbies should shave first and then strop so that they can experience a good edge before dulling it with poor stropping. Either way you will need to get your stropping technique to a level of decent in short order. It's not hard IMO.

PS you can start thinking about your second razor in the mean time. It doesn't need to be an expensive razor. Having two razors to compare to one another, especially when you are learning, is a big help IMO.