Preface:
I picked up a cheap Gold Dollar straight in the hopes of figuring out this whole process. I received a nice linen / leather strop from a friend, and thought I was all set. I checked out the youtube videos on straight shaving and gave it a go. Oh my. Not at all good. A couple more shaves and it was just a mess. I just gave up and went back to my trusty Joris razors.
There has been a brief flood of straights up for sale lately, and my hero Obie pointed out a couple good for beginner straights, and since we're only a couple hours apart, offered to host me at his house for an in person tutorial. This is a record of my journey to use nothing but straight razors for 7 days. No touchups allowed with anything but the straights.
Below is my daily journey.
I picked up a cheap Gold Dollar straight in the hopes of figuring out this whole process. I received a nice linen / leather strop from a friend, and thought I was all set. I checked out the youtube videos on straight shaving and gave it a go. Oh my. Not at all good. A couple more shaves and it was just a mess. I just gave up and went back to my trusty Joris razors.
There has been a brief flood of straights up for sale lately, and my hero Obie pointed out a couple good for beginner straights, and since we're only a couple hours apart, offered to host me at his house for an in person tutorial. This is a record of my journey to use nothing but straight razors for 7 days. No touchups allowed with anything but the straights.
Below is my daily journey.