Thread: My straights

New to the forum and want to share. I've been shaving with a straight razor ever since I learned to shave. My dad taught me how to hone and strop, but he never told me about some of the other things that I have seen here. For instance how to use a pumice stone... which I still don't understand. I've never pasted my strop either. I feel like I always get a close shave but from the information I am reading here, which is great by the way, i may be missing out on a much closer shave.

Here's some photos:

This razor was given to me by my dad




and this one without a handle... working on finding one.

along with a few accessories




I bought this one for $10 from a friend




That's all I've got, enjoy. Glad to be a member here!

Good stuff you got there! Nice Boker and Swaty and welcome there is alot of good guys here willing to help at all times. The print on the strop is a cool read too.

Thanks, the swaty is all I have used thus far; however, as my beard gets thicker with age I see a few honing stones in my future... along with a few more bokers. The boker is by far the better shave of the three.

You should listen to your father!







It's true, really, you've got it better than most of us here. You don't need to pumice your strop - it looks good (I say pig skin). The pumice is for fixing people's errors, sometimes it's not enough and you need contact cement too.

No need to paste the strop either. If you can use the swaty well, I don't think a paste would give you much benefit. Of course if you want to play you can get some Chromium oxide from ChrisL and paste the back side of the strop that you're not using currently.
Actually that side's already treated with something - I just read the label on the strop. Leave it as it is.

Originally Posted by rosscollins3

The boker is by far the better shave of the three.

duh

ok, ok, I'll stop goofing around

Originally Posted by gugi

You should listen to your father!

It's true, really, you've got it better than most of us here. You don't need to pumice your strop - it looks good (I say pig skin). The pumice is for fixing people's errors, sometimes it's not enough and you need contact cement too.

No need to paste the strop either. If you can use the swaty well, I don't think a paste would give you much benefit. Of course if you want to play you can get some Chromium oxide from ChrisL and paste the back side of the strop that you're not using currently.
Actually that side's already treated with something - I just read the label on the strop. Leave it as it is.

Thanks gugi, I'll stick with what i've done for years then. Seems to be working well.

Welcome to SRP. Very cool to have your father's razors. Worth more then any you can buy. Smooth shaving to you.