Thread: Today I lost my virginity.

Hi all, just want to say that im from sweden. Just so you know when you start reading my text.

For about 15 years I have been shaving with my old gillette razor. Its a real old one with the old fashion razorblades. I really like that one and I hate all the new plastic razors thats out there, all those mach 3-4 and god know what.

For along time now I been looking at straight razors, but I never had the guts to get one, untill today.
I ordered a new soling razor who I feelt had a nice but discret look. The feeling of the blade was awsome! I did not have any real soap or anything yet, I will order that tomorrow. So I took some normal havinggel, just to give it a try. i was sure I would cut my own throat! But the old razor I been using takes some skill to, not as much as this blade but for some reason it just felt natural when I took the blade and started my first ever shave with a straigh razor.

And now I got tons of other stuff I need to order! Brushes and soaps and all those fun things!

I think the thing that makes me like this is it takes you time to shave. In todays world everything should go by great speed, no time to relax and let things take the time it needs. But rush this and you will slice a chunk of meat out!

So what about the resault?
Well its a ok shave, I had pretty long hair and I belive my skills are far from ok yet. But I did not cut myself ones and no red marks on the neck or anything. So I love this shaving!

My blade can be seen below.

Uh-oh. I can't see well enough in the picture, but does it say "Made in Pakistan" on the tang? If so, you may have a razor made with poor quality steel. See this sticky in the Newbies forum for more info.

Originally Posted by jimmyray

Uh-oh. I can't see well enough in the picture, but does it say "Made in Pakistan" on the tang? If so, you may have a razor made with poor quality steel. See this sticky in the Newbies forum for more info.

Lol it says made in germany! Where solingen are made.

That is a good quality german made razor, and should serve you well. IMHO those are right in line with Dovo razors.
If you've already been shaving with an oldfashioned DE razor, you are already a step ahead of the curve.
Congratulations on a good razor, and welcome to the community.

if you don't already have a good strop, you wil need one. Dovo is a good brand, and should be readily available in your area. As are the Thiers issard strops, or if you want to splurge on shipping, Thewellshavedgentleman.com makes some of the best out there.
While waiting for a strop, you can use a flat piece of newspaper.
As brushes go, you get what you pay for, so get the best you can afford.
and most importantly, have fun.

Welcome to the club and congratulations on a good first shave. It just gets better (and more expensive) from here on!

First, welcome to SRP! Glad to have you aboard.
Second, congrats on the good shave this early in your straight razor shaving career.
Finally, very nice looking razor!!!
Welcome again...

That razor will serve you well. Good going.


Richard

Welcome to the forum Denno.
(Just for the record I lost my virginity back when I started having sex. )

Congratulations. You are going to find yourself never wanting to go back to a DE. Once you learn it just gets easier. Now you will want to learn how to hone that baby too.

Welcome! That's a very nice razor. It'll give you many years of great service.