Interactive Guide to Straight Razor Shaving

This page was created from "Joel's Interactive Guide to Straight Razor Shaving".

For people new to straight razors, who prefer hard copy, there is also a PDF, maintained by rbscebu, Traditional Straight Razor Shaving Instructions for Beginners.

1. Why a Straight Razor?
2. DE VS Straight/Which one for me?
3. Straight Razor/What do I need?
4. Shavette, what is it?
5. What is a shave ready razor?
6. Straight Razor FAQs

Some precisions to the above photo. The part marked "point" is also known as "toe". The area between the parts marked "point" and "head" can also be referred to as the "point". Just to the left of the part marked "shoulder", it is also known as the "stabilizer". The part marked "shank" can also be referred to as the "tang". The part marked "tang" can also be referred to as the "tail".

1. Grind
2. Width of Blade
3. Type of Tip/Point
4. Which part is which?
5. Carbon VS Stainless Steel
6. Good and Bad Straight Razor Brands
7. What to look for when buying a second hand straight razor
8. Things to look for when selecting a Custom Straight Razor

1. How to lap/flatten your hone
2. Creating the Initial Bevel
3. Polishing and Establishing the Shaving Sharp Edge
4. Finishing via Hones
5. Finishing with a pasted strop
6. Edge Thickness (AKA Sharpness) Tests Vs. Edge Uniformity Tests - Bevel Creation Guide
7. Finding a honemeister to hone my straight razor

1. Which hone do you need and what's recommended?
2. What does a slurry stone do and what are they?
3. Norton
4. Coticule
5. Belgian Yellow Coticule New & Vintage
6. Belgian Blue
7. Chinese 12K
8. Barber hones
9. Spyderco Hones
10. Kitayama
11. Thuringer
12. Arkansas
13. Shapton
14. DMT
15. Chromium III oxide
16. Abrasive Pasted Strops
17. Dovo Tortoise Special Hone Comparison/Results

1. Selecting a Strop
2. How to Hold a Strop Without a Handle
3. How to use your hanging strop.
4. How to take care of your strop.
5. Applying paste to a strop
6. How to Restore a Strop

1. Holding the Straight Razor and Blade Angle
2. More Straight Razor Grips
3. Straight Razor/The Do's and Don'ts!
4. Straight Razor Tips and Tricks
5. A Basic Straight Razor Shave
6. Video of a straight razor shave.
7. Another Video of a straight razor shave. [dead link]
8. Common Shaving Problems and Solutions

1. Caring for your Carbon or Stainless Steel Razor
2. Caring for your Razor Scales
3. Metal Polish and Straight Razor

1. Interactive Guide to DE Razor Shaving
2. Interactive Guide to SE Razor Shaving
3. Interactive Guide to the Shaving Brushes
4. Interactive Guide to Lathering
5. Interactive Guide to Aftershaves
6. Interactive Guide to Fragrances
7. Straight Razor Pictures
8. Straight Razor Manufacturer Compendium
9. Shaving Journals