Thread: Wife bought me a straight razor...

If you do get one from an antique store or even a good quality brand new razor it most likely will not be shave ready. But you can send it out to someone here who can make your razor shave ready. The buy sell trade is the best place until your skills improve.

awesome thank you for all the replies! Great community here!

Your Wife only meant to do good for you. Rejoice in that.

Watch the B/S/T on here for a while. You will gain an education. In time, you will instantly recognize a razor from a razor shaped object.

Welcome to the forum.

I think this is one of the reasons many people don't take to this hobby. I can't stress enough how important it is to get a shave ready razor for your first one.

At least you have been able to practice technique with relative safety, so it's not all bad.

Good luck, get a good shave ready razor and enjoy.

You have a great wife! Congrats on that.
There's a lot of stuff being sold of dubious quality. If it is made of surgical steel as it says and its temper is right you may be able to sharpen it and have a shave with it. Worst case scenario: you will have a very sharp letter opener that will be the starting point of many interesting conversations.
SRP is all you need to accompany you on your straight razor shaving journey.

Yep, what everybody else said re: your razor. Whatever you do . . . . . Don't hurt your wife's feelings . However, for starting out you'll want a better quality razor. Pm me if I can help. I'm up the road in N. Ga.