If you keep at it you'll get to the point that you shave every day with a straight and it really doesn't add to your shaving time. And... your shaves will be...
I am glad to hear that it is working out. To be honest, you will not be able to tolerate a shave with a cartridge anymore, which will end up saving you lots...
I switched to straight razor shaving about 4 or 5 years ago, and it took me a while before I really started feeling comfortable with the technique. It...
Disculpe me por favore, pero yo nunca sientier como hacer bien por filar me navajiha. Nope, It doesn't work a darned bit better in Spanish for me. You did say...
Gerry, I don't know about the differences in the quality of the steel used in either blade, but I picked up a widget, an "Allegro model F" which is a D.E....
Well, what *exactly* do you mean by household oil? Cooking oil? It's safe, but it goes rancid. I use block oil aka mineral oil. It's cheap, and you can get it...
In a message dated 5/3/2008 5:01:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, palger25@... writes: Is there a pre shave lotion that is easy to find and effective? Maybe...
Another fact that sometimes goes unnoticed, mineral oil is from the by products of distilling petroleum to get gasoline, diesel fuel, etc. It's essentally...
ditto on the grapeseed oil. you can generally find economical options locally without too much effort. It's a great oil that evaporates quickly. Some folks...
I just bought some mineral oil,so that's another check on the straight razor to do list.I just got a new strop today,so now all I need to do is take my razor...
and also, if for any reason your barber can't sharpen it or doesn't take it up to the optimal grits and you feel you need more, Bill Watkins and myself both...
The latest topic has been a preshave oil. I found one by accident at a Walmart. it is called Shave Secret. There is a Website you can investigate. The oil is...
Thanks for the many helpful tips. Very encouraging to hear about the time it took to learn. Gerry ... took me a while before I ... took me 6 months to ... ...
Ken, I thought I had a few spots the same as you, that would never get as close as a disposable or de, until I realized it was just a combination of how I ...
I think you're onto something there Glen. It seems as though the old message of "what will be will be" applies here. My plan is to just go with the flow, let...
The hardest thing to overcome for new folks is the immediate "expectation" that the first and every shave thereafter will be BBS without any learning curve at...
I haven't posted here in a while, but I read the digest daily, I have learned a lot over the past year or so I have been a member, thanks to all of y'all. Now...
Hello Marti! In my humble opinion, the difference is that the person who honed your 2 Dovo's didn't put a good edge on them, as most probably it is on your...
Very helpful tips and encouragement I need a day or 2 off to heal up and then I'm trying again. Less blade pressure should help. Bit off (not literally)more...
... It makes a great deal of difference, many of "those" razors take only one style of blade so you can only use the brand made for them. The razors we used at...
I plan on getting a permanent straight razor eventually. I heard that it is not properly honed when it comes from the store. Is it difficult for a beginner to...
My first straight razor was a pakistani razor. You can't get an edge on those no matter how hard you try. With much effort I could get a "passable looking...
email either one of us. our emails are in the headers to the messages we post where it says who the message was posted by. ... [Non-text portions of this...
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