MX5Ireland

Anyone tried it...........?

Sweeney Todd did for a while I think.........

Cant beat it.....

I had one done last year by a turkish barber for a wedding, some job alright but would'nt fancy doing it to myself...

yeah, slowly, slowly, it takes a bit of practice to get it right (and skin, blood, cursing, etc), get that water HOT and A&E on speed-dial.

kinda related

I been using a double edged safety razor the last while.
Mite leave using a straight razor until I have a little less to live for.

It takes patience, preparation and a good razor. Lots of skills to learn, stropping, applying the soap, hot towels and persistance. But very satisfying after about 30 shaves. Makes a lot of sence too. One good razor will last for a lifetime.

sidewaysreilly wrote:It takes patience, preparation and a good razor. Lots of skills to learn, stropping, applying the soap, hot towels and persistance. But very satisfying after about 30 shaves. Makes a lot of sence too. One good razor will last for a lifetime.

Yeah, and one false move ends your lifetime Never tried it, might well have one at some stage but in the meantime I'll stick to my mach3's.
Who can remember their first shave..what kinda razor did you have? My Dad gave me a present of a razor and I can't for the life of me remember the name of it. The "refill" had a kind of lever on it that you were supposed to turn in order to renew the blade surface..I presume it was a sort of blade on a reel, and you got about 5 turns of the lever before the blade ran out..can't remember the bloody name or make but I can visualise the razor..gonna do some searching now!

John

Found it! The Gillette techmatic..

I am too young to remember that John........

sidewaysreilly wrote:It takes patience, preparation and a good razor. Lots of skills to learn, stropping, applying the soap, hot towels and persistance. But very satisfying after about 30 shaves. Makes a lot of sence too. One good razor will last for a lifetime.

Where do ya learn such a thing, is it trial and error or what?

yeah to a certain extent. Just got fed up buying expensive cartridges for a shite shave. Bought a straight , learned how to to hone/strop/shave and will n
ever look back.

i would not try that with the missus about she might give me a little nudge

It takes practice but a good way to start is the old method of soaping up a balloon and practicing on that first.

There is a 12-18 month waiting time for any new DOVO straight Razors due to the demand.