What a shape.. very unique!

My wife showed me what's coming for Christmas...and a new direction in wet shaving is soon coming my way.

Because I am not as educated in this new way (yet) I'm both scared and excited.


I ordered one of these to check my lack of skill

And some of this showed up today to compliment the shave



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Oooooh man!!

Go slow and take your time. Straights are great.

Oh and congratulations

Tom


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Trust me Tom, I am not rushing into this lol. I suspect I will do cheeks only on the weekends for a while. I will also be watching lots of videos on stropping, honing and using straights


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You will grow to love straights. It is great fun.

Enjoy
Tom


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You have to figure out the stropping to be able to shave, because that happens daily. (I do 10 laps linen and 10 laps leather after each shave, and 30 linen and 50 leather before each shave.) If you razor is shave ready when you get it, you shouldn't need to hone it for a while. They are different skills and a lot of people recommend learning to shave with a straight first, then jumping into honing. Either way, go slow, and have fun. What's the worst that could happen?

I'm waiting on a 12-pack of Arko shave sticks. More than I need but hey the deal was so good.

@GatorJoe welcome to the Arko cheapskate fan club

Waiting for my Blackland Blackbird open comb plate and a Delta Echo re-coated Gillette NEW SC.

I will be binge watching stropping videos soon.

As far as honing...I have 4 straights that need a touch up and 3 that need some significant sharpening/maintenance. I plan on learning/practicing/messing up with at least 1 of those


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The Voskhods arrived today. I slapped one in the ol' slant and let it ride. I am impressed thus far.

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Waiting on one of these sweet, home made sNotrags by "Northam_Saint" on another forum
For $7 how could I not.

@Darkbulb are you a member of the Hippy Skull & Bones Secret Society

I've carried a bandana in my back pocket for decades. That's taking it to the next level. Nice!

I ordered a new DMT 325 because I trashed the first one and went ahead and ordered the 600 to save on shipping.

And of course another great buy on a SR. This one has supposedly never been honed. It looks pretty nice.

I was watching that one. It is a nice one.


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It's nice to be able to support another wetshaver. His wife does the stitching

Thank you buddy! The cool thing about these razors is that they don't cost that much and each one has a certain character. As always I hope it will hone up OK .