What home-made substitutes have you guys used as shave soaps in a pinch? I've used regular dove soap well-lathered up. It wasn't great, but it...
How many of you use paste on your strops? What's your routine? (How often do you use the pasted strops?) At what point will a pasted strop not...
Has anyone here ever tried a really old straight razor? (Or know someone that did)? People must have been using straight razors for hundreds of...
How many of you have tried a straight razor, or shavette shave from a professional barber? How did it go? I recently tried it twice with two...
What is a generally good rule of thumb for testing if the SE blade is "sharp enough" for a descent shave? I've read somewhere that if you flick a...
Hi, I normally keep the regular Poraso shaving cream (tube) in my travel shave bag. It's descent quality, but a bit big for my travel bag. What...
Hi All, What are your recommendations for honing stones for a beginner? I've heard some people use two honing stones - does that make a...
This topic has been touched upon in other threads with a few posts here and there, but I'd like amalgamate experienced people's suggestions here....
How many passes of your SR do you do? How long does that usually take? Do you get the same closeness as doing equal number of passes with a DE?...
Hi all, I received my first SR and am learning how to use it. The guy I got it from has over 50 razors, and I asked him why. He said "Why not"?...
Hi all, I recently got my first straight razor and tried it for the first time. I received the razor pre-honed and stropped, and man was it...
Hi All, I just received Vitos Shaving Soap Extra Super Coco 1kg block. It's a big block of soft Italian soap that arrived covered in plastic...
Hi, Newbie questions: Background: I have been using a DE razor for about 7 years now and am pretty good at it. I can do a 3 pass shave in a...
Hi all, I've been using an Edwin Jagger Shaving set for near 5 years now, very similar to the one in the photo. The set looks fantastic and I...
Hi all, I was just curious to see what people's thoughts were on keeping a separate travel razor kit for when you go on a trip, or do you prefer...
Hi all, I found my dad's razor (he passed away 10 years ago). I think it's a basic razor as he wasn't into fancy things. I was thinking of keeping...
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