straight razor

[darxus]

I ordered a carbon (not stainless) steel straight razor made by Dovo in Solingen. I used it for the first time last night. Bringing that blade to my flesh for the first time was more scary than I expected. I achieved a terrible shave, and only one tiny nick. I'm happy, I expected this to take practice. I strongly recommend hitting youtube before trying this.

Another thing I've been wanting to try for years off the list.
Yes, I'm coating it with mineral oil after each use, have a strop, and watched a video on that too.

I totally blame Fahrenheit 451 and Snow Crash.

Comments

[ex-absurdmin176.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it. I tried it a while back and while the shaves were marginally better when things went horribly right, the usual scenario was me bleeding out of the back of my head because I slipped. Then again, you're not trying to shave your whole head with it.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Yeah I'm hoping it'll be easier to do the parts of my head I can see.