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Thanks a lot Charles, for sharing your experience, it is nothing but very constructive and helpful to me. I'm trying to learn here, I make mistakes, and will probably learn from them.

I will try...

I wish to know if everybody here has his razor passed the hanging hair test. I ask this question for an obvious reason, my razor failed it :(

Started to think that way after my second trial.

You have a point. Will try the sharpness test.

That was how it went. I rinsed the blade with fairly hot water, then I wiped off water drops carefully with a piece of cloth, the stains appeared immediately at where the water drops were. In fact, I...

Thank you Feltspanky for suggesting products which ease skin irritation. My skin is so sensitive that I can even get redness simply by rubbing on the face or neck with my hand.

My razor is a carbon steel one, not stainless steel. Just didn't expect it only takes a few seconds to develop stains after contact with water. I do wrap the blade with protective oil after using it....

Anyone has any idea on the brown spots on the blade? These spots are ugly and just won't go away :(

I probably should try different ways for face prep.

Thanks Orville for asking. I got this Dovo 6/8 from a knife shop and have it honed right away by an expert.

Hi everyone. Had my first go today. It was as awful as expected.

I took advice from Lynn Abrams' article and tried not to perform a complete shave on first trial. I tried one side of my face only,...

I am glad that I have joined this forum. Thank you for all the useful inputs. Now I am more comfortable to pick my first straight razor.

I did learn to apply "no pressure" with my safety razor,...

Hello everyone, I am completely new to straight razor shaving, before getting my first straight razor, I do have a couple of questions which I couldn't get answers online and wish the experienced...