Thread: advice for a beginner who is dizzy from bloodloss

Glad you've found some success. If you're a budget minded guy like me (read: poor) then you might check the classifieds here (in the menu bar above) or whippeddog.com for razors that are ready to roll right out of the shipping box. Whippeddog also has a good starter strop kit that's on the cheap.

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holy hell, whippeddog is indeed affordable! well maybe when im out of blades for my shavette i'll get on this

thanks for the link!

Glad to be of help. For kicks I just got on and saw that his inventory's pretty low right now. He never has a ton of razors, but usually between 8-12 that he's honed up for new guys to learn to shave on. Since he's doing a trade-in program he may be struggling to come across cheap razors he can hone and sell. All the new guys buy them, but I doubt many sell them back to him!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Welcome to SRP.... Get yourself a bona fide straight razor. Make sure it is from a reputable vendor and is guaranteed shave ready, ....

+1 Best advice ever!!! And you can shave the night before, that will work.

The advice above is solid. I've only shaved with a straight twice. There are so many factors its hard to get them all to work right at the same time. I kept forgetting to pull the skin on my first shave. I bought two of my razors from whippeddog.com and Larry got me some great bargains. The Torrey celebrated I received was indeed shave ready. Two Thumbs Up for Larry.

I'm starting to get better straight shaves, and find myself missing the cuts and the zip that the Styptic pencil gives me in the morning. So every now and then, I go back to the Shavette just for the fun of it.

Originally Posted by ace

I'm starting to get better straight shaves, and find myself missing the cuts and the zip that the Styptic pencil gives me in the morning. So every now and then, I go back to the Shavette just for the fun of it.

What kind of masochistic nut job are you!?! Just kidding. Though I do think it's funny how many times I run across guys looking for an aftershave or alum substitute that carries a little zing. I'm poor enough in my technique that I feel zing without putting anything on! But if I really wanted to hurt myself and make me think twice before shaving again; I'd splash on some plain old Stetson aftershave...plenty of alcohol to bring the burn!

Originally Posted by BigJim

What kind of masochistic nut job are you!?! Just kidding. Though I do think it's funny how many times I run across guys looking for an aftershave or alum substitute that carries a little zing. I'm poor enough in my technique that I feel zing without putting anything on! But if I really wanted to hurt myself and make me think twice before shaving again; I'd splash on some plain old Stetson aftershave...plenty of alcohol to bring the burn!

If I wasn't a masochist, I wouldn't be using straights in the first place. I've even taken to grinding up some Styptic and mixing it into my shave balm just to savor the memories of the shave.