Dovo Best Quality 5/8 full hollow in white scales, 2" red latigo strop with herringbone cotton, various blades for my Merkur 38C, Thayers lavender, blade oil, and Truefitt & Hill sample pack!!
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Great start to the weekend for me and hope yours is great as well. Happy shaving Gents!
Yay! its Christmas all over again.
Sure feels like it right now :D This is going to be my first real shave off a str8.
I loved shaving with the Crystal DE blades until I started shaving with the Personna Med Prep blades. But everyone reacts differently to each blade. Let us know how your first straight shave goes. Be sure to take your time. You dont need to bleed to be welcome here.
Well at first it felt like Christmas and then my tree caught fire and burnt my house down :*( First shave and my beard totally pwnd it.
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No bleeding though as that would be no fun at all and I followed the advice here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...ead-first.html I'm in no rush and expect str8 shaving to have a much longer learning curve than when I switched to DE. I'm just enjoying the ride :)
Ah man! What happened?
No clue. Must've been factory pinned too tight or bad batch of plastic. I'd say both really. I was drying it off to put it away, noticed a crack, was like uh oh!, then it spread and disintegrated in my hands. I was very gentle with it as it's my first new baby that showed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdto
I hope you're sending it back. If not, I would happily rescale it for you. I have some nice rare wood that would look really good on that blade. Just send it over to me here in Toronto and I'll hook you up, no charge, of course.
I could try it Japanese style hehe. I'll contact the seller first and thanks jdto that's very generous of you :)
wow, dovo has certainly been on my mind lately as a razor company that is loosing my interest, I am seeing to much of this :( I really like my vintage dovo blades but dont think I am too fond of the new ones. I did just order a Bismark though
By all means, please contact the seller.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewK
Yea the Bismark is nice looking one for sure. Love the red accents on the top of the spine and goldwash.Quote:
Originally Posted by sleekandsmooth
Your three freshly honed razors should be to you the first of the week & you will be able to shave the proper way soon...
:) I'm so excited. Thanks for taking me under your wing Scott. It has really helped me a lot and sorry I'm so full of questions lol :) Reminds me of my younger days when sometimes my mom would get get annoyed with all my questions and curiosity. I'm trying to utilize the existing info here as best I can to avoid this and your patience and kindness is much appreciated :)Quote:
Originally Posted by shooter74743
Utilizing the Wiki and educating yourself is a wise choice as "my way" isn't the only way about doing things. I'm a Navy veteran and the old saying is just a part of who I am: The only stupid question is the one not asked.
Just give it a while and then you will be answering questions and helping others...it's simply what we do.
Good advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by shooter74743
I'm an old AO2 from the days when the carriers were CVA's. ;)
New 5/8 semi hollow Hamburg Ring in horn from Giesen and Forsthoff Solingen Germany. Had to get a matching faux horn silvertip brush to go with of course! Hopefully this holds an edge better than the Timor's of a few years back. I found out after the fact that they've been having issues :(
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