Hey folks, I’ve been wet-shaving with straight razors for a few months now. I got into it via sharpening knives and axes, which left me with a lot of the sharpening resources needed to get started on razors. My first razor was a $9 eBay find that needed lots of TLC to be able to do anything similar to functional shaving. I’m working from home, so I figured it was the time to learn a new hobby whose impact on my face would be more or less private while I learned. My shaving skills have developed alongside my razor sharpening and honing skills, which means I was a little scraped up at first. Things are much better now that my bevel-setting, edge-honing, and face-shaving skills have improved. Right now, my main razors are a Reynolds Extra Hollow Ground and a Griffin Carbo Magnetic, with a couple of non-wedge Wade and Butchers waiting to get their bevels set and edges honed. I’ve also dabbled a bit in 1950s-era Soviet razors, though none are in rotation. Favorite soap: Taylor’s of Old Bond St, with Prorazo’s sensitive skin pre- and post-shave creams. I had a burly mountain man beard until six months ago, which I shaved off to explore wet-shaving. I think I’m going to like this place a lot! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Welcome to The Shave Den. You're going to fit in just fine with all them sharp things. ToBS and Proraso....my first two soaps and aftershaves also. Great stuff!
