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I learned that lesson the hard way. But, I refuse to give up.

Learning on the fly. I just had my friend round off and dull the point. Just trying to avoid another bloodletting. lmao

The reason we became friends; I take my knives to him. He's also the one who got me interested in str8s.

The blade shop is a barber supply store. LOL I think he knows what he doing. He also sell knives and scissors. He's a retired barber. He opened the shop 1 block away from a cosmetology and beauty...

At the risk of sounding lazy: I will probably just take them to the knife shop. $5 a piece. And besides. How often would they need honing?

That is crazy! The speed he works at and the ability to go XTG at the same speed is ridiculous. That just pisses me off. LOL

The second page of this post has a pic of the Ivy I am using. The other two. Have yet to be honed. But, being an ex-police officer, I have a friend who owns a blade shop here and he will hone them...

The paste is from BudK. The strop is a professional strop by Scalpmaster. Leather and a white material. I think it's linen. But the white side is very stiff. I did not strop it because it was honed...

You were right! Matching nicks under each ear. LOL

Thanks for the videos. They helped a lot. I did my shave test on both sideburns and cheeks. Sure enough. I have two identical nicks on the corner of my jaw right under the ear. LOL. I finished the...

I am trying to finish out my RN. My end game is to become a flight nurse.

Thank you Durhampiper. I got three from the wife and one from the sister. Going to try and sweet talk them into a Dovo or a Master Livi. Probably won't work LMAO.

My sister will be sending it out in the next few days. It's coming to me in Vegas from New Jersey. Might take a bit. LOL. As soon as it gets here I will post some pics.

The strop is a professional one by "scalpmaster" it's clean and brand new.

You are right. She didn't know what to get. So she and my sister picked three that were recommended. The best one will be here in a few weeks. My brother-in-law does metal detecting. He found a razor...

Thank you everyone for the advice. Going start with the sideburns tonight.

There is a big weight difference. The Ivy being the heaviest. But I like the weight. It feels more stable in my hand.

The third one

Just came in about a 1/2 hour ago.

I have read so much on this site that it's become more like homework. I am in medical school and don't do this much research.

These are both shave ready. Just haven't used them yet. I wanted to have all my information right before a attempt to start.

Second one

These are the first two gifts I got. The Ivy should be here tomorrow.

I am new to str8razors. I have been interested for a while. As a gift to get started my wife and sister took advice from my brother-in-law. They went out and bought me an Ivy, a Roxo, and one that...