I've been SR shaving for about 6 months. I'm no SR God, but I got the hang of it super quick. Got the ang of lathering, also. I was getting...
had my dovo for about 5 months now. have only gotten in pro-honed and it's worked great. I strop ok for a beginer, but like Itcurus, I tried to...
... with a cartridge razor. I'm not at the point yet where I would feel ok with using a DE or a SE on my head, so I use a cartridge. I've been...
i guess it went ok, i guess. no major blood letting. face burns a little bit, put some with hazel on my face, let it dry, then put in some sort of...
Doing a little internet research, that what it seems to be. It was listed as "Belgian Rare $100.00" at the cutlery store. It is yellowish on one...
It seems to work better then the pricey Trumpers Skin food and others...
Weird. I know. It's sure not the way I thought it would be when I rolled in here. I thought laymen couldn't use a str8t razor, only a pro could...
Gotta be new, not vintage Can't have anything disagreeable in the handle (no ivory, diamonds, gold, animal shells, etc.) cost is no factory,...
....recomend getting a "practice" razor to use on my stone as I learn, so as, you know, not to learn on (and potentially mess up) my nice Dovo...
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Doesn't that dry out the shave area, which is a no-no? Or do you put on the WH after a shave, and then put on some Trumpers Skin Food or the...
After shaving in a hot shower, i turn on the cold water and splash the shave area w/ cold water to "close the pores." Is this right or wrong?
Why did/do barbers cut off the handles of their strops? Do people really strop DE blades? How much more life to them does stropping give them?...
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i plucked a hair out of my boar hair brush and tried. put hair to blade and it took some doing but finally got it to slice in two. does my...
when I first started looking into getting into str8t razors, i looked at photos online and look at str8ts at my local knife store. what struck me...
I shave in the shower. I'm learning with a str8t and I need to look in a mirror. I've gone to bed, bath and beyond and bought some fog-less...
meaning, if your face is still raw and sore after a shave, is there some kinda combination of after shave/skin food/skin balm that you guys...
was bringing the razor up by my cheek near my ear, came in at a wrong angle and set the blade down and SLICE. Bleeding pretty good. Stypic pencil...
or should you wait a day or two for you wiskers to grow a little bit. str8t shaved last night and tonight and tonight my face feels a little...
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