Thread: First str8 shave today!

Originally Posted by Dieseld

The nicks happen, but if you're in a hurry be happy it was only a nick.
I and others here have found out, if you're short on time a SR shave isn't the way to go.
This type of shave is a luxury and should be given the time to enjoy it

Never hurts to keep a DE or throwaway and a can of gel handy for emergencies

Originally Posted by KenWeir

Never hurts to keep a DE or throwaway and a can of gel handy for emergencies

I learned my lesson. If it's morning and I'm pressed, DE it is. Maybe in 20 years I'll be proficient enough to do a "quick"shave with the straight

A single pass for me takes under 10 mins including prep and stropping, you will pick up speed as you get better

Originally Posted by Nhyrum

I learned my lesson. If it's morning and I'm pressed, DE it is. Maybe in 20 years I'll be proficient enough to do a "quick"shave with the straight

I bet you're only holding the razor near your face for a minute of that

Two minutes max. Stropping takes longer than the shave

Originally Posted by KenWeir

I bet you're only holding the razor near your face for a minute of that

Shave 8(last night) 4 passes pretty uneventful. Used my full hollow ground, which is the dullest of my two. After 100 passes on birth sides of my balsa strop, 50 on the poly webbing "canvas" strop and 70 in the leather, it performed much better
Shave 9.three passes. With my extra hollow. Second was atg and actually pretty smooth. Did a third just because I had more lather. A DGS!(for me) can feel a tiny bit of stubble!

OK, shave 10. Been sick for the past few days, and been using my de. Felt better today, and decided to get back on the horse.

Well... I am very frustrated... with two things. One, my trash razors I got off eBay (not cheap either, around 100 each). One, the point has been rounded by the most likely Asian lady taking the razor to a stone and having no idea what she's doing, so the last 1/4 inch is literally useless and I want to just snap it off with a pair of pliers... the other, the pin is so goddam lose it flops around like... well I'm having a hard time coming up with a pg rated description... making it damn near impossible to hold it, either to my face, or the strop. But the thing shaves pretty good.

The second thing that's frustrating is the awkward angles. I can hardly see what I'm doing when I'm shaving the left side of my face cause I don't have enough trust in my left hand...

First things first, I need to get these damn razors fixed. Who can I send it to to get repinned, maybe even replace the cheap ass plastic scales? And get them honed? From my googling, the average honing fee is around 25?

Gonna put a hold on the straight till I get these pieces of trash straightened out. they actually shouldn't be that terrible, one is a crown from Boston, the other is a Joseph Rogers out of sheffield

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Where are you located? It would help with recommending a honer if we knew your location.

It might actually be cheaper and save you time and grief to look for a vintage, shave ready razor in the buy/sell/trade section here at SRP.

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Where are you located? It would help with recommending a honer if we knew your location.

Wyoming, USA

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You should be able to tighten the pin yourself. There is a YouTube video of Lynn doing that I believe.

You just need a small ball peen hammer. You put one side of the pin against some metal and tap lightly the other side of the pin. That's how you tighten the pin.

Find a video before you do it however or you may crack your scales or bend your pin.