Thread: My intro to straight edge shaving

Originally Posted by jszabo

welcome to srp travis great to have you onboard

Thanks, great to be here!

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

You shaved with a razor honed on 2k sandpaper?

You shaved your beard, with a razor finished on 2k sandpaper? And you still have a face, and still want to continue? And it was less irritating than a Scmach3?

WOW.

I can't wait to hear what you say, once you get a razor thats been honed by someone with experience at honing.

You could buy a Dovo, or check out the classifieds, for a cheap, shave ready vintage.

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sheesh, I've been sharpening for 20 years, I'm just saying its acceptable

I appreciate everybody's input. Here's a shaving story y'all might find amusing. When I was about 16, I used to shave in the shower with a single blade disposable. One day after work, I shaved, got my pants on, and then fell asleep on the recliner in the living room, not knowing that I had cut a mole by my left ear CLEAN OFF. As I slept in the chair, it bled and ran all the way down to my belly. My brother came in, saw me in the chair and thought I'd shot myself in the head. He screamed, which made me scream, WHICH MADE HIM REALLY SCREAM. Haha, good times...

Thats just too good! Thanks for the laugh!

I'm waiting for my dovo to arrive, in the meantime, I've been working on the Joseph Rodgers razor. Rehoning, stropping on an old leather belt, and the edge is getting smoother. My question today is about shaving. I'm getting some nicks, but nothing that gonna leave a scar, lol. Do you normally switch hands while shaving? I'm a lefty, but I'm near ambidexterous, so I switch to my right for the right side of my face. Do you normally also flip the razor, ie use both sides of the blade towards your face? Thanks for any help

i also shave with both hands and flip the blade once i got my non dominate hand to obey it was second nature

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for a $100, prehoned, prestropped, brand new razor?? Its got 2 big chips in the blade? What do I do? I just opened it, haven't touched it.