Thread: What type of razor did you start with?

I started with an eBay razor HSB our very best. That was a disaster. Shortly after I bought a 5/8 vintage from oz.
It was a great first purchase and I used it for around 6 months.
Oz supplied it honed and I utilised his services for the first 6 months or so.
I made my own 3" strop which served me well, in fact I still use it.
The only thing I would have done differently would be to not buy the eBay razor.

My firstshave was with a Benchmade pocket knive,only one time!
My first razor was a Dovo best quality 5/8ths round point, I don't remember where I purchased it or whether it was shave ready or not. I do know my first few shaves wernt good.I ordered a few hones and went from there. This razor is still in my rotation until I get a bigger selection. My only regret is not doing enough research before I started but it didn't take but a couple shaves before I found SRP and began my journey on straight razor shaving.