How do you know when you're ready to try a straight?

Chris said:
Hello,

The desire is still very much there and I'm very keen to get started with a straight razor, I'm sure it has everything to do with the photos some members put up on the SOTD! Anyway, I was wondering if any of you have purchased the 'World Of Straight Razor Shaving DVD', is it worth getting?

Best wishes,

Chris
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Chris,

Stropping:
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Honing:
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9 Part video:
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Kenrup Restoration:
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Kenrup Stropping:
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Straight Razor Restoration: Start to Finish by Brad AKA Undream


If after watching those you still want to squander $20 then by all means. Why waste good money when the information is free? Since you're going to contact Neil in month or so may as well familiarise yourself with the stickied threads.
 
Chris said:
Hello,

The desire is still very much there and I'm very keen to get started with a straight razor, I'm sure it has everything to do with the photos some members put up on the SOTD! Anyway, I was wondering if any of you have purchased the 'World Of Straight Razor Shaving DVD', is it worth getting?

Best wishes,

Chris
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Chris

I have this DVD. It's worth a look. PM me your address and you can have it. Then pass it on to any other TSR member who may be interested.
 
Hi SiR-ed8,

Thank you for the links, I've seen some but not all of those, and with so many 'experts' offering 'advice' on YouTube it's handy to know who to pay attention to and who to ignore. I've read though the stickies and tried to take in as much as I can, Neil does a very good job explaining the various aspects of straight razor shaving and maintenance.

Best wishes,

Chris
 
Fido said:
Chris

I have this DVD. It's worth a look. PM me your address and you can have it. Then pass it on to any other TSR member who may be interested.
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Hello Fido,

That's very kind of you, I'll PM you although you already have my address as I've just received one of your lovely Sliver Tip brushes.

Best wishes,

Chris
 
I know it's generally recommend for people to start on a 5/8 razor but would a 9/16 be close enough not to cause too many issues?

Chris
 
Chris said:
I know it's generally recommend for people to start on a 5/8 razor but would a 9/16 be close enough not to cause too many issues?

Chris
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Other than you having to rinse the blade at nearly every pass that's bout it. It's very light. Quite mobile. I don't really care for it having tried it but it was nice shave. It was definitely close one too.
 
Chris said:
I know it's generally recommend for people to start on a 5/8 razor but would a 9/16 be close enough not to cause too many issues?

Chris
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I would say that 9/16, 5/8 and 11/16 are all acceptable. To put it in perspective, 9/16 is just 1/16th of an inch smaller than 5/8ths - have a look at a ruler to see just how small that is - I seriously doubt if you would spot much, if any, difference in use.

Regards,
Neil
 
I can't visualise in metric, which leads to the situation where everything I make is dimensioned and set out in metric, and then I go off to root around in the wood shed for, say, a 5' length of 4"x2", then come back and machine it to 1500x100x50... it gets even more bizarre with wood screws which are starting to be metricated, so what used to be a 2 1/2" no.8 is now a 60 x 4.0mm, more or less. So if you tell me a razor is a 16mm, a light will come on and I'll think 5/8. It's my age: I got caught between the two systems.

Anyone up for a metric glass of beer... no? ;)
 
Arrowhead said:
For my tastes 9/16 is just about spot on, and I don't see that it would be any more difficult to start with. Probably best not to go any narrower though because judging the angle gets a bit harder.
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Thanks Arrowhead, that's reassuring to know.

Neil Miller said:
I would say that 9/16, 5/8 and 11/16 are all acceptable. To put it in perspective, 9/16 is just 1/16th of an inch smaller than 5/8ths - have a look at a ruler to see just how small that is - I seriously doubt if you would spot much, if any, difference in use.

Regards,
Neil
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Thanks Neil, I was brought up metric but still use inches if it works out easier for what I'm measuring. 1/16th didn't seem too great a deviation to me, but wanted to check in case these seemingly small differences result in great difference when shaving. So armed with your reassurance I think I have my eye on a particular razor.

Best wishes,

Chris
 
SiR-ed8 said:
Other than you having to rinse the blade at nearly every pass that's bout it. It's very light. Quite mobile. I don't really care for it having tried it but it was nice shave. It was definitely close one too.
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Hi SiR-ed8,

Are you referring to a particular 9/16 razor or them all in general? And forgive my ignorance but why would 1/16th of an inch less blade require the need to rinse the blade after nearly every pass? I'd presume you'd rinse the blade after a couple of strokes anyway and unlikely to want a whole pass worth of lather on the blade what ever its size.

Best wishes,

Chris
 
Arrowhead said:
I can't visualise in metric, which leads to the situation where everything I make is dimensioned and set out in metric, and then I go off to root around in the wood shed for, say, a 5' length of 4"x2", then come back and machine it to 1500x100x50... it gets even more bizarre with wood screws which are starting to be metricated, so what used to be a 2 1/2" no.8 is now a 60 x 4.0mm, more or less. So if you tell me a razor is a 16mm, a light will come on and I'll think 5/8. It's my age: I got caught between the two systems.

Anyone up for a metric glass of beer... no? ;)
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I can visualises miles but no km, pints but not liters, and peoples height in feet but on small scales I have to work in centimeters and millimeters! I think somethings naturally fall into certain measurement systems.

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