Hey all,
I'm (very) new to straight shaving. I've been interested for a long time and after coming across this deal:
Vintage Straight Razor | Straight Razor | The 80% OFF Boned Camel Deal | VintageStraightRazor.com , I figured I couldn't really go wrong. Anyways, the package arrived and yesterday morning I tried my first straight razor shave. It was TERRIBLE. My face is covered in burn, and the shave wasn't close in the slightest. While I do attribute this to my rookie shaver status, and and fully committed to practicing and improving my technique, I've also been researching both the razor I used and the dealer I bought it from. By the end of the shave, my razor doesn't feel much sharper than my pocket knife (which for the record, is kept as sharp as possible, but I'd never think to shave with it). On this very forum, I came across this review:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ons-razor.html
Now I'm brand spanking new to this community and practice, but I've done a fair amount of research and it doesn't seem like the razor i purchased is either sharpened traditionally or of a high enough quality to last longer than a few shaves. So I wanted to ask for opinions. What's a decent, yet fairly inexpensive razor a beginner like myself could look for, and where's a good place to look?