Thread: Wow! Night and day difference... Cheap Ebay razor vs "shave ready" razor from here.

Boy I wish I would have found this place before I bought my first straight razor.

I made the mistake of buying an Ebay cheapie, not knowing any better at the time. Shaving was miserable, and I thought "How can anyone stand to do this?"
Web research about how to get a better shave led me to believe I was stropping incorrectly. Eventually I stumbled in to SRP, and quickly learned the importance of a good razor.

I purchased a couple of "shave ready" razors from the classifieds here, nothing too spendy, but what I figured to be good "starter" razors. The first one arrived in the mail this morning. One word can sum up my reaction: WOW! The difference is night and day. This new razor glides over the skin and cleanly removes hair. The other one bounced across the skin and tore out hair.

I am already shopping around for honing equipment, and gathering knowledge about how to do it correctly. I will probably buy a couple more razors, as I am expecting there will be a learning curve with honing...

Anyhow, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone here for helping to get me started, and offer the advice to any newbies that are maybe just getting started: BUY A SHAVE READY RAZOR. They aren't a whole lot more expensive than the Ebay cheapies, and they will make straight shaving an enjoyable experience that you're willing to stick with.

Thanks everyone!

glad to hear you like the experience, it will only get better with time.

What razor did you by form EBay?

Yea what kind was it, did it have a brand?

welcome to srp,

the more time you spend researching what to get the better results you'll get.

have fun

Originally Posted by mainaman

What razor did you by form EBay?

I got a Simco and a pair of Maliks. I posted about them on another thread to see if it was possible to hone them. The general consensus is that they will be nice box openers.

BTW, I have been unable to stop touching my face. I can't get over how smooth it is. I even went back and did my head. I thought I'd wait for that until I got a better feel for the razor, but I couldn't resist... I did manage to get a small cut on my forehead, but other than that it went well.

Originally Posted by HNSB

BTW, I have been unable to stop touching my face.

Ugh, another faceturbator. You'll go blind if you keep that up!

Originally Posted by Oglethorpe

Ugh, another faceturbator. You'll go blind if you keep that up!

what was that? I'm trying to read your text but the screen is blurry and dark.

Originally Posted by TheBaron

what was that? I'm trying to read your text but the screen is blurry and dark.

LMAO...when I read the brail teletype of this page, I got a great laugh!