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Yea, it's like learning the rules. First you learn them, then you can break them.
Best,
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Both of mine are straight and sharp. But I see your point in having a curved or smiling blade...more workable. Maybe I'll graduate to one once I get the basics down.

I see a lot of different razor styles out there...rounded, spike, curved, dimpled, etc. What are the differences and how proficient must one be to use them all and is it important?
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That's what I want to get to Bob, just a good clean shave from shower to out the door. But I think a trip down preparation way is not a bad thing. After all, all of the arts I have been involved with...

Hi Bob,
I think that a few things are in play. I used a pre-shave that I now feel was a waste of money because I should have known better about how flesh and oils work. But the most important thing...

BobH,
see my reply to Laurens.

Laurens,
I think I have the motion down and please allow me to be more specific.
I work with knives and use wet stones and steels (actual steel or ceramic) but SR is totally different.
If I don't...

Yes, Laurens I did mean to type Stropping.
How can using a butter knife prepare me for stropping my razor? Two different things. A butter knife is used for spreading butter a razor is used for...

I'm happy to say that I just had my first total face shave with an SR! I got a few nicks and there was some blood but I was able to shave my entire face using a Schlieper blade that I bought from...

That is way to deep for me!
Do you have regular office hours?

Thank you,
Laurens, Edhewitt, et all.
Good advise.
I've written a letter to my mother stating that if I should be found dead from a razor cut to any of the major arteries in my neck, that they...

Yes, yes I know, but please bare with my American need for results immediately.
The thing that is hardest for me is getting the angle right whilst looking in the mirror. It becomes so very counter...

Here's another question:
I have a cheap strop and I'm used to stones and the like...so do I need all those pastes and what-not?
I mean to say, that I would never subject my food to a dull knife (or...

Righty-O Chaps,
Still learning, still scraping my face...but an odd thing happened just a few days ago; I'll tell you the story, so gather around the soap dish and hold the Badger in high regard......

Right,
I've been frustrated over this whole SR thing and have got a lot of good advice both on this thread and by way of PM. Thank you all.
One of my particular frustrations is shaving the hollow...

I just bought a vintage razor (Wade & Butcher 6/8) from the classifieds on this sight. I hope it will be more enjoyable than the shite I purchased from VSR.
You guys have been very helpful and have...

Thanks everyone for your opinions.
I think I got got. I thought I did a fair amount of research but...
This SR thing is now a challenge for me and I will shave nic free one day.
Does anyone have a...

Got the message,
Thank you for all or your wisdom.
I have been very fustrated and maybe a bit sarcastic (I am by nature sarcastic).
Thank you Glen for your words.
Straight razor shaving is a...

Ok,
So I've decided to go the way of the straight razor because of economic and environmental concerns.But what I have found is that the SR community is a very close cousin to the cigar crowd....