New to this community and have a question

[Stubear]

How long did this shave take? Sounds great!

Also, to the OP - check out that video from jockeys. He does a 4-pass shave with 2 XTG passes on each side of the neck. That might give you your BBS shave.

It was pretty darn good I must admit! I bought my first DOVO and strop straight afterwards. I guess the whole shave took about 30 - 40 minutes, but this guy was a professional! If I tried to do all of that at home I wouldnt get to work till half ten...!

He also gave me some pointers about which way my beard grows and which directions to make passes in. I would heartily recommend newbies going and getting a proper barber shop shave as it does give you a level to aim for and the barbers are usually very helpful with their advice!

For people near London, Trumpers do an "Open Razor Shaving School" as well! Could well make a good Xmas/ birthday gift for someone... Now I just have to drop a few hints to SWMBO...!

Geo F Trumper - In-shop Gift Vouchers - Open Razor Shaving School

[keenedge]

Also, I ordered my set from Vintage Blades LLC. They stated my razor was "shave ready", but I'm dubious of this. How many shaves can you reasonably get out of a carbon steel blade before you have to re-hone it?

According to the Vintage Blades website, Lynn Abrams does the honing. So I suspect you're razor was truly "shave ready." But I suppose a razor could be shipped by mistake that hadn't been properly sharpened...

Vintage*Blades*LLC*::*Razor...

Kent

-- Keen Edge