Thread: What made you guys want to shave with a straight.

Practice with a dulled razor. You'd be surprised how much practicing really helps. It did for me! Honest!!!

I've always found interesting to have a str8.
8 years ago looked up the internet, but found that razors are so expensive.
Then I looked only at new razor, my wife saw me coming

then bought I a DE razor, and a multipack double edge razor blades (Pfff I still have a half box contains 80 blades)
I've shaved a long time with this DE and was happy.
Smoother than with a disposable razor ......... but I was still watching a str8.

Until three years ago we ware on vacation and on a flea market i found ... a str8 this was a... Heart Ring 5 / 8.
Cleaned and found that he was quite sharp.hahaha
I have my first shave with a str8 after a few days.

Must say it was horrible.... cuts everywhere and razorburns .

the next shaves It was going getting better.
And then there was a second razor on my way.
That was a razor that was shave ready, a world opened.
Yeah... and i was hooked,..... I wanted to be better
and have even better shaves.
After a while, looking on the Internet i discover a forum with guys with the same addiction . I started to read and learn a lot .... thanks for that guys.
And now here we are.

I have always thought it was so cool seeing it in older western movies and stuff and months ago when I was walking through my local antique store there one was for 14$....i couldnt resist...been hooked ever since

I've always had trouble with my sensitive skin, specifically the right neck area where my whiskers grow in different directions. That in combination with very thick hair and multiple passes with a cartridge razor and the 'gunk' known as Barbasol made for some irritated skin and plenty of nicks.

But to tell the truth that's not the reason, at least at first, why I started. I've always had respect and admiration for my elders and the way and customs of true gentlemen of years passed, i.e. chivalry, making oneself presentable. So when I stumbled upon straight shaving I immediately was interested. I ended up the SRP wiki and on Youtube(mainly Mantic's vids) looking for info. Found out how good it is for your skin and all that, so I decided to jump in. Haven't looked back.

I also think in some way my taste in drinks has some sort of connection. I'm strictly a scotch drinker(neat mostly, some with a splash of water) when it comes to spirits. And the lightest beer I tolerate is a Heineken, otherwise I hate light beer. Most say I'm being pretentious, I just tell them they only drink to get drunk, while I drink what I find tastes good and I can actually enjoy drinking. I guess I just like high quality stuff in general.

Been interested since I was younger watching old westerns with my grandfather but I never took the plunge. Talked about doing it for years but was a afraid of "slicing up my face".
Then one day I was shopping with my fiance and we happened down the razor aisle I started to look at prices and realized that I was paying way to much for a "decent" shave. I then decided it was time.
So that night I ordered a Parker Sr1 shavette & van der Hagen shave kit and have shaved with it for a few months. Since then I have replaced the van der soap with some C.O bigelow ( That feels amazing on my face) and have also purchased a badger haired brush.

I am currently awaiting my razor from whipped dog with my poor mans strop kit so I am pretty excited!!!!!!!

I am definitely a newcomer to the straight shave world. I must say what sparked my interest? Tired of spending so much $$$ on multi-blade cartridges which in the end, give you a bad shave. So I think straight razor shaving is definitely more economical, earth friendly (don't have to throw away all of those cartridge blades), and excellent exfoliation for the face. It is an art in and of itself.

I got interested in straight razor shaving right fter I converte to wet shaving with a DE razor. The website I purchased my DE razor paraphernalia from also sold straight razors. Thought I would give it a try.

My family was dead set against me purchasing a straight razor, but I did it anyway for Christmas two years ago. In fact, I purchased two. I haven't looked back since.

I guess I'm a little older than a lot of the members here-56, so I started with a DE,and played with the old mans Rolls Razor,and grandpas SE,but I didn't know how to hone a SE. My father had the same Italian barber for at least 20 years and he showed me what to do and gave me a shavette,and Ive used them on and off for the past 39 years,but a good straight is much better than a shavette,so when I started buying razors I found this place and a few others and what surprised me the most was that many didn't even know about DEs, what did they think we used before cartridges?

I alway wanted to try and in my 50 year old birthday I decided to do it ... before my hands shakes more.

I have used a DE safety razor for most of my life. At the age of 67, I discovered the Real Shaving Group on the Art of Manliness website and was inspired to try a straight razor. That led me to Straight Razor Place. I restored my 50-year-old Case Red Imp razor and bought a new Dovo Black Micarta.

For the past three months, I have been enjoying learning the new skill of using a straight razor. It has been a wonderful experience.

Thanks goes to all the members of SRP for their help and knowledge.