Thread: RAZOR GIVEAWAY CONTEST

Hey all,

I started a thread, http://straightrazorpalace.com/newbi...way-ideas.html, about this contest, but please enter the contest here.

I'm giving away a Dovo "Best Quality" 5/8" razor. I will post pictures after this weekend, since I am not home for the weekend. I am giving it away to a newbie who would benefit the most from a new razor, who perhaps doesn't even have a razor yet.

RULES:

1) Post a reason(s) why you think you deserve this razor. I would like to give this away to someone who truly needs/deserves it. This could be someone who is a student and has no income or simple someone who is having trouble finding the money for a razor. Regardless of your reason, PLEASE BE HONEST.

2) Please be explicit in your post that you wish to enter, eg. by stating something like "I would like to win this razor because...."

3) The contest will begin now and conclude next Friday, May 8th at midnight. I live in Ontario, Canada, so that's GMT -5h, so depending on where you are it might not necessarily be midnight.

4) I will read and judge all the entries and announce the candidate that I feel deserves the razor the most.

5) The razor is shave-ready by my standards, but the winner will have the option of having it honed by a honemeister of their choice, no charge.

Sound fair? Let the contest begin!

I have been lurking here for a bit now trying to learn about this art form most of you have already mastered. I purchased a beat up blade from ebay and have been attempting to restore it for my first razor.

I don't currently have the funds to purchase a new or restored razor, and would love to be the recipient of your extreme generousity. This would allow me to put what money I can scrounge up towards the rest of the stuff will I need like a quality brush and some decent soap so I can get started on this journey on the right foot.

Thank you for considering me for this gift.

Hal

I am hoping to win this razor. I am a newbie that has yet to shave with a straight, and would welcome that act of generosity with open arms. I bought some old rusted ones hoping to restore, and then realized that although relaxing and enjoyable, it takes a ton of time. I also got an old strop, but it isn't in the best condition, and I would not want to use anything shave ready on it, for fear of hurting the edge...so even if I was chosen as the lucky newbie, I don't know if I would even be able to use it until I got a decent strop...in which case it would probably be better going to someone else who could use it sooner than I could.
I am not really having a hard time making ends meet (I can pay all my bills), but have no disposable income in which to get a shave ready razor right now. I work full time and am also a full time student, hoping to be done soon with a degree in Child & Family Studies with an emphasis in Special Education, and a minor in Vocal Music. Its nice to see that there are those that still value kindness over making a buck.

Great offer Dave!!

Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave

Hey all,

Sound fair? Let the contest begin!

Sounds more than fair to me, great offer, Dave. This is not an entry, just saying great offer.

I would like to win this razor because I have been looking around for a razor but I have a very low budget for everything including strop, soaps, and after shaves. Recieving this razor would help me take the first step. I am also a student but I think I am a little younger than what I think you mean because I am a junior in high school, but I can already grow a full beard.

On a separate note, I realy appreciate this chance that you are giving us newbies. So thank you for this chance to win.

Sincerely larzefat

I AM NOT entering this contest, however, I would like to thank you for doing this. It really is a nice gesture.

On another note, I would like to say that the razor in question is, by my standards, a very nice razor. I have one - my first razor - and I absolutely adore it. It is, when in doubt or in a rush, the razor I go to to get a nice, clean and irritation free shave.

I would like to be chosen. I have been fascinated with the art of straight razor shaving since i was very young.
I'm not sure when i was first exposed to them, I honestly think it was the old Ben Kingsley movie Sweeny Todd. In which, a barber lures customers into his shop, only to slash there throats with his razor, rob them, and serve there corpses to the unsuspecting town, in the form of mincemeat pie.
I have been getting straight razor shaves for some time, but recently, the local barbers have switched to the double sided razor blades, because the authentic ones "are too hard to keep sharp". They charge 30 dollars for a "shave/facial" which is really just: hot towel, lather, hot towel, relather, shave, after shave; 15 dollars just to lather/shave/aftershave (plus tips). Since barbers can do twice as many haircuts at that price in the same time, they dont like to shave any more.
Even if i only am shaved once a week, thats almost a thousand dollars a year. I am young, in college, working, and having to maintain my elderly grandparents home in my spare time. It really is too epensive for me.
Many times i have been tempted to buy straight razors, they have cheap ones everywhere, but i know that the only good shavers are quite expensive new. I've combed ebay quite a bit, but i think now most people know what they're worth, the only razors under 50$ have cracked handles, pitted blades, odd bevels, lop-sided spines etc. etc..

I can assure that if i win the razor, not only will it be used for years to come, but it will absolutely be treated with the care and respect such as a master honesman would provide for many, many years.

*interupted, i got to go, but i would like to add that im an active board member on several sites, ive got numerous profiles with over 1000 posts. i would like to be a contributing member and this razor would absolutley enable me too. thanks for the consideration.
***Entry withdrawn, i have a razor now!

Awesome gesture, Dave.

Very generous. Good on ya'.

Someone will appreciate this in a big way.