Thread: My first Straight Edge

Following the advice I have read on this site I found a used "shave ready" SR on eBay. I have attached a few pics. She cost me $65.00, $15.00 over my budgeted $50 max price. I am looking forward to shaving with her after using a Dovo Shavette. Hopefully I bought a decent SR at a decent price.

Ebay seller description:
This lovely straight razor has been honed and stropped to be shave-ready. Blade is hollow ground, approximately 6/8th, nose has a spanish point, this razor is French made, and is marked on the tang :

OPINEL
Garanti

And on the blade : La main couronnée

Scales are in orange plastic. The razor kept some traces of its age, but these won't affect the shave. One case is included, but it's not original.

I always take eBay shave ready with a grain of salt. However there are quite a few straight razor shavers that sell there too so some of the likely are. If you ask the sellers about if the shave with a straight that is always best. It looks like a nice starter though. Good luck. If you need help there are a lot of members near you.

Looks like a good looking razor that I am sure will do you right. You will enjoy the actual straight shave more than the shavette. A couple words of caution if you have not already come across this, first blade sharpness of a straight compared to a DE or shavette blade in my experience is not comparable. It is not the same type of blade so the level of sharpness is different. Second use less angle than with the shavette, if you try the angle you use with your shavette you will not enjoy it at all. Spine closer to your face. That is my two cents, other than that enjoy and best of luck

It should be a nice shaver. I have yet to se a bad French razor. All I have ever used shaved most excellently.

Originally Posted by engine46

It should be a nice shaver. I have yet to se a bad French razor. All I have ever used shaved most excellently.

I am glad to hear that as I await its arrival, via La Poste. French mail service, God help me.

Originally Posted by pofo

Following the advice I have read on this site I found a used "shave ready" SR on eBay. I have attached a few pics. She cost me $65.00, $15.00 over my budgeted $50 max price. I am looking forward to shaving with her after using a Dovo Shavette. Hopefully I bought a decent SR at a decent price.

Ebay seller description:
This lovely straight razor has been honed and stropped to be shave-ready. Blade is hollow ground, approximately 6/8th, nose has a spanish point, this razor is French made, and is marked on the tang :

OPINEL
Garanti

And on the blade :[COLOR=#000000][FONT=UICTFontTextStyleBody] La main couronnée

Scales are in orange plastic. The razor kept some traces of its age, but these won't affect the shave. One case is included, but it's not original.

As my friend Rez Dog has said take FleaBay with a grain of salt.With that said I do hope you get a really nice razor that gives you a CCC shave (Clean, Close & Comfortable)

Here's an example:

Straight Razor Place - Beginners' Tips: January 2016