Thread: first REAL straight shave!

just got my razor back from AFDAVIS11(Alan) and man what a difference. It actually shaves for the first time, and I didnt even cut myself. It pulls slightly, but that is in no way his fault, just either newbs technigue or just the tough irish beard I was blessed with genetically. Im amazed at his work though considering all of the damage that was done to the blade with a Lansky sharpening guide. Thanks Alan for all the hard work.

Way to go! It only gets better.

Some things to think about.

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Thanx for being patient. The razor and I wrestled for 4 hours . . . I won.

I completely agree with Celticstone. Alan invited me over to his place about 2 months ago and he got my new Dovo razor shave ready. I had been using a razor I bought from Joe Chandler that was scary sharp. Alan had that new razor shaving every bit as well. While visiting Alan he filled my head with all kinds of great information about shaving and maintaining a straight razor. He had a "practice" straight he let me use while he instructed me on honing and stroping.

It was 3 very well spent hours. Thanks again...

I am jealous...I usually don't pay much mind to mail call, but now it seems like the days are dragging by while I wait for my first razor/strop to get here. :/

Originally Posted by TomlinAS

I am jealous...I usually don't pay much mind to mail call, but now it seems like the days are dragging by while I wait for my first razor/strop to get here. :/

Location: Right now...Al Asad, Iraq

...and here I thought I had it bad waiting for mine just to cross the Atlantic. Good luck, hope they arrive quickly!

celticstone, thanks for the inspiration -- it's nice to hear from a fellow newb who did a good job.

Celticstone's post has actually inspired me quite a bit, as the only reaction I've gotten from other Marines whom I've told about my little venture into straight razoring is, "Make sure you have a corpsman handy." Either that, or the blunter, "Man, you are going to cut your face to ribbons." Gee, thanks for the support.

Then I come here and read enough to realize that my chances of, say, accidentally removing an ear or nostril aren't THAT bad.

Originally Posted by TomlinAS

Then I come here and read enough to realize that my chances of, say, accidentally removing an ear or nostril aren't THAT bad.

You haven't seen Josh's scar after his wife startled him and he sent his razor through his ear :-)

ive been working with knives for about 15 years for about ten hours a day so that might be why it went easier for me, and the hospital is only 5 minutes away.

I was explaining the virtues of straight shaving to an Irish friend, and he couldn't believe that people were still doing this.

'So you don't shave in the shower?'

No I don't shave in the shower. I don't particularly fancy the risk of slipping, and being in a very small enclosure with lots of movement and 3 inches of the sharpest steel in my house (save perhaps the scalpel that we have on standby for removing splinters)