Thread: My First Straight

Originally Posted by johnmrson

Bartmann are a very high end razor. I'm in the process of restoring one at the moment. Makes sure you get someone who knows what they are doing to hone it and you'll have a super shaving straight.

+1

I am very pleased with the Bartman razors I shave with. I always look forward to shaving with them when I see them coming up in the rotation.

I'm kinda (foreveralone) in Boston.. Not to maybe people have the interest in Straight Edge's. We have this shop call the art of shaving, but they charge out outrageous prices, brushes go for $100+. I plan on doing this myself, the Razor is in A+ condition blades perfect, I don't know how sharp it is yet. I'm going to need to invest in a strop, hone bar, and what makes the blade have a mirror finish which kind of polish? Thanks so much in advance.

You a Pedey fan?

You're going to want to be careful with the polish as you'll lose that etching, but maas or flitz work well for me.

Be careful with the polish or you will end up losing etching as well as gold wash. Get someone with experience to hone it for you, check the SRP classifieds under member services.

Thanks for the heads up! How often do you have to hone these bad boys?

Congratulations!

That is one beautiful razor!

It should give you many years of great shaves.

You have a superb and handsome razor there! +1 on getting it honed by an expert-sadly it is very easy to ruin a fine razor, as I have learned in the past. My 2 Bartmann razors are extremely good shavers and "sing" on the strop and when they cut hair.

Originally Posted by lasershow

Thanks for the heads up! How often do you have to hone these bad boys?

If it's your only razor, honing will be a little more frequent. Depends on your beard and how good a stropper you are. There really isn't a good single answer. Dig into the Wiki on stropping, honing, etc. Think about picking up a second razor for when you have to send this one out.

Check out the Googlemap up in the Community dropdown. There's probably someone fairly close by.

That's a great razor; enjoy it!