Thread: Neophyte | 1st straight razor ever | Ralf Aust

Brand new to the incredible world of straight razors and wet shaving. Was fed up with cartridge razors and the price tags associated. Did a lot of reading on these threads and made the jump into the straight razor world with my first straight razor purchase. Decided on a:

Ralf Aust | 6/8 shoulderless French point | cocobolo scales | engraved spine | carbon steel



It wasn't offered on his site, but a few emails and he basically said he could do any combination I wanted.

First shave ever with a straight razor today (WTG and XTG) and it went GREAT (only a small nick when I got a little too greedy)! Very satisfied with the purchase so thanks to everyone's world class advice on these forums. Nothing to compare to, but seemed like the factory edge did a great job straight out the box from Germany. I took it to the strop for 50 passes or so (also first time using strop)

Let me know what ya'll think!