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

[time3.livejournal.com]

Yeah this process actually started with me needing new blades for my Gillette Sensor Excel, deciding to go back to the Sensor, verifying this was entirely doable, then getting pissed off at the marketing in general, and finally deciding to go for the straight razor.

Hah! :-)