Hello! This is my first posting after reregistering in this great forum.
I’ve been lurking this Forum for almost a decade. I was registered in this Forum by another nick several years ago but the nick was eliminated due to my inactivity. I’ve done my shaving for seven years by a cheap shavette with a holder mechanism you get loose from the main thing. This has been good enough to get a rude shave I’ve been contented about, but I’ve been always dreaming of straight razor shave.
Finally, a few weeks ago I happened to get a 40€ voucher to Amazon and I decided to use the money for starting a straight shaving hobby. Due to accidental circumstances I stumbled into Amazon Italy and made my first purchase there which limited the rest of my voucher purchases to the same site. Many vendors didn’t either send stuff to my country or didn’t accept the voucher or both of these things which state of affairs limited further my purchasing possibilities to chinese vendors and/or products. I got first a new Gold Dollar razor, tried it and liked a experience immeditely; a so much better act of shaving than with a generic shavette with a Lord stainless steel blade! I’d like to stick with a real thing. A bit later I proceeded to buy a 3000-10000 honing stone and a pink (!) strop and a enlarging make-up/shaving mirror. I’m now waiting for these items delivered via mail.
My goals are at this stage pretty modest. If I broke something, I hope I can use my Gold Dollar for opening envelopes. At best I hope achieve stubble beard what would be perfectly satisfactory for me, even an uneneven one, at least in summertime.
The threads in this forum are interesting but confusing, especially what comes to honing. My purchases might well be total junk but I’d like to toy with them anyway. So I’d like to ask what kind of equipment (stone) do I need to maintain my new hone. A friend of mine warned me about the metal debris caused by honing and she was worried for me possibly visiting her home and bringing metals with me after a honing experiment.
Anyway. What are my chanses of getting screwed up the whole thing given the circumstances? What would be the best way of making some use of my purchases? I’ve not yet tested even the honing of kitchen kives. I’d greatly apreciate all feedback.
I’ve been lurking this Forum for almost a decade. I was registered in this Forum by another nick several years ago but the nick was eliminated due to my inactivity. I’ve done my shaving for seven years by a cheap shavette with a holder mechanism you get loose from the main thing. This has been good enough to get a rude shave I’ve been contented about, but I’ve been always dreaming of straight razor shave.
Finally, a few weeks ago I happened to get a 40€ voucher to Amazon and I decided to use the money for starting a straight shaving hobby. Due to accidental circumstances I stumbled into Amazon Italy and made my first purchase there which limited the rest of my voucher purchases to the same site. Many vendors didn’t either send stuff to my country or didn’t accept the voucher or both of these things which state of affairs limited further my purchasing possibilities to chinese vendors and/or products. I got first a new Gold Dollar razor, tried it and liked a experience immeditely; a so much better act of shaving than with a generic shavette with a Lord stainless steel blade! I’d like to stick with a real thing. A bit later I proceeded to buy a 3000-10000 honing stone and a pink (!) strop and a enlarging make-up/shaving mirror. I’m now waiting for these items delivered via mail.
My goals are at this stage pretty modest. If I broke something, I hope I can use my Gold Dollar for opening envelopes. At best I hope achieve stubble beard what would be perfectly satisfactory for me, even an uneneven one, at least in summertime.
The threads in this forum are interesting but confusing, especially what comes to honing. My purchases might well be total junk but I’d like to toy with them anyway. So I’d like to ask what kind of equipment (stone) do I need to maintain my new hone. A friend of mine warned me about the metal debris caused by honing and she was worried for me possibly visiting her home and bringing metals with me after a honing experiment.
Anyway. What are my chanses of getting screwed up the whole thing given the circumstances? What would be the best way of making some use of my purchases? I’ve not yet tested even the honing of kitchen kives. I’d greatly apreciate all feedback.