06-12-2025, 02:55 PM
It's been a minute or two since I've been here. So, because of that let me say "Hello Again".
Over the past 11yrs I have found that I really like SE razors. I have a few DE razors that I very rarely use. I think I may have used one twice in the past seven years. I take them when I travel because I don't care if I loose them. Over the past 2yrs I have found myself gravitating away from injectables and more toward lather catchers, GEMs and the like. My blade of choice would be a Pal. I also like the razors that use the replaceable straight razor blades or artist club blades. I have one razor that I got new that I really like. It's called the "Colonel" or "General" or something like that. I like it because it's nice and heavy. I do not have any razors that have what looks like a piece of straight razor blade. Never got into it. I saw it as to much up-keep.
I only use soap and a brush. I have not used goo-in-a-can since finding wet shaving. No shame to those that still use it, it's just not for me.
I have 3 wooden test tube holders that I got of Amazon (I think) that I can store razors in that allow me to use razors in some type of order so that I do not use one razor more than the others. This allows me to set up razors for the next year and a half, 1 razor a month. I also have about 14 brushes. A lot of, more than I can use in my life time, soaps and after shaves. I use one set up a month. The same brush, soap, razor, and blade per month. It works for me. If I had to decide what set up I was going to use everyday, I would spend an hour standing in front of my shaving cabinet everyday and I don't shave everyday. I shave about twice a week.
This past March I picked up one of my ventage straight razors to give it a try again. Some important context here. I have a nerve disorder that make me shake. It is most noticeable in my hands and gets worse when I'm under stress. Not good for placing a sharp blade next to your throat. I'm right handed and have had bicep surgery to my right bicep. Because of the surgery I can not rotate my right wrist. I can and do shave with straight razors. I have now been shaving with straight razors for the past 3 months. All my straight razors are old/ventage. This month I started using a Bismarck razor with a narrower blade. I have found I like the taller blades.
All this has a last brought me to my questions to the group:
Over the past 11yrs I have found that I really like SE razors. I have a few DE razors that I very rarely use. I think I may have used one twice in the past seven years. I take them when I travel because I don't care if I loose them. Over the past 2yrs I have found myself gravitating away from injectables and more toward lather catchers, GEMs and the like. My blade of choice would be a Pal. I also like the razors that use the replaceable straight razor blades or artist club blades. I have one razor that I got new that I really like. It's called the "Colonel" or "General" or something like that. I like it because it's nice and heavy. I do not have any razors that have what looks like a piece of straight razor blade. Never got into it. I saw it as to much up-keep.
I only use soap and a brush. I have not used goo-in-a-can since finding wet shaving. No shame to those that still use it, it's just not for me.
I have 3 wooden test tube holders that I got of Amazon (I think) that I can store razors in that allow me to use razors in some type of order so that I do not use one razor more than the others. This allows me to set up razors for the next year and a half, 1 razor a month. I also have about 14 brushes. A lot of, more than I can use in my life time, soaps and after shaves. I use one set up a month. The same brush, soap, razor, and blade per month. It works for me. If I had to decide what set up I was going to use everyday, I would spend an hour standing in front of my shaving cabinet everyday and I don't shave everyday. I shave about twice a week.
This past March I picked up one of my ventage straight razors to give it a try again. Some important context here. I have a nerve disorder that make me shake. It is most noticeable in my hands and gets worse when I'm under stress. Not good for placing a sharp blade next to your throat. I'm right handed and have had bicep surgery to my right bicep. Because of the surgery I can not rotate my right wrist. I can and do shave with straight razors. I have now been shaving with straight razors for the past 3 months. All my straight razors are old/ventage. This month I started using a Bismarck razor with a narrower blade. I have found I like the taller blades.
All this has a last brought me to my questions to the group:
- First and most important. Seeing how a straight razor only has 1 edge are they allowed here on Toast? I don't recall and I can't find anything for or against.
- Has any body bought a factory new straight razor?
- I have read online that the straight razors you buy now are not shave ready and need to be sharpened. Is this true?
- Does anyone know/recommend someone who can sharpen/recondition straight razors?
- Lastly the pass word to get into the range. I have some money sucking hobbies that I would like to talk about.
Not my circus. Not my monkeys. - Polish Proverb
