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The 2nd shave - tools
Used Body Shop shaving cream, which seems good.

Used my home-made strop (almost wide enough to fit whole blade). (see another post)

Razor - Cadman and Sons Bengall -...

I just made my first strop :) - here's the link:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strops/38266-my-home-made-strop.html#post411637

Thanks for the offer. I'll let you know how they go. (My local Shaver shop pointed me towards the King of Knives and "Cut throat" sharpening was one of the sharpening services offered - here's...

I've decided to make a strop. (Hey - the start of this adventure was to save money! Plus it's satisfying using something you've made).

The one I quickly made was a very basic strap around 1 1/2...

I just had my first go at straight razor shaving yesterday... but I'll come to that later.

Up till a week or 2 ago, I've been a disposable user. I'd been looking for the cheapest way to shave...