Thread: Will my beard have to go?

@ Dave. With your history don't try shaving with a factory edge. Get someone to ready the blade first.
I know there are a few guys in the UK can help with that. Neil Miller jumps to mind.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

@ Dave. With your history don't try shaving with a factory edge. Get someone to ready the blade first.
I know there are a few guys in the UK can help with that. Neil Miller jumps to mind.

Thanks for the advice, do you know of any contact details?

Originally Posted by DaveTheGeordie

Thanks for the advice, do you know of any contact details?

You can pm via his profile

http://straightrazorpalace.com/members/neil-miller.html

Originally Posted by onimaru55

You can pm via his profile

http://straightrazorpalace.com/members/neil-miller.html

Nice! Thank you very much

Originally Posted by onimaru55

You can pm via his profile

http://straightrazorpalace.com/members/neil-miller.html

Or contact him through his web site...

Strop-Shop.Co.UK

Interesting post. I had a beard for a short time and took up SR shaving to trim up the beard and then I really got interested in SR shaving so I shaved off my beard left my goatee and I have been hooked on SR shaving since April 2011. Starting out, I tortured myself with a shavette until my wife purchased my first Dovo from SRD to give me for our anniversary.

Originally Posted by DaveTheGeordie

Ok, I've been bought a Dovo Special by my wife for my 30th after banging on about how good a shave my grandad used get and how little if any razor rash/burn he used to get.

Cartridges/disposables tear my face up. I have a thick beard and they clog so quickly, as a result my face and neck get ripped to shreds.

I've tried every method of preperation I can and have just settled on what I was taught to do except I have a shower or a bath first where family men used to use a hot wet flanel/towel.
I then use a nice oil with menthol in it and apply the cream in a circular motion to begin with massaging right in for a wee while before ensuring an even coating.

The above taken into account I couldn't bear shaving on a daily basis so grew a beard which is 'shaved in' every couple of days.

I've come to quite like my beard now but I'm wondering if it may be a bridge too far for a newbie to stright razors to try and shape a beard.

Thoughts?

I like the idea of keeping the beard but like I said earlier that if the blade treats my face right I may go hairless. I said on my introduction post I have skin so sensitive that I'm worried to talk about it incase it gets upset

My wife has been poking around the forum, I'm a bit excited and she wants to know what the fuss is about, and has told me she never liked my beard

I did have a gotee for a little while but ended up looking a bit like ming the merciless and the guys at work didn't try to be subtle in the way they communicated this, puts me off it a bit.

Originally Posted by DaveTheGeordie

I did have a gotee for a little while but ended up looking a bit like ming the merciless and the guys at work didn't try to be subtle in the way they communicated this, puts me off it a bit.

We have a way of dealing with that situation in Australia - we say 'Stuff 'Em'