Snuff
Well-Known Member
Greetings gentlemen,
I think it's appropriate to introduce myself since I just joined the forum.
I'm a recently retired Belgian soldier, 52 years, living in Roeselare. I have been wet shaving with DE razors for a very long time but recently have become interested in straight razor shaving. I bought two vintage razors in the UK and a strop. At first I thought the razors where far to small and light for my hands and was a bit disappointed, but I got lucky and a visitor to my home showed me how to shave. Since, I've tried every day, only parts of my face so far and only WTG, the chin and under the nose will have to wait until I'm more confident. But I'm enjoying myself.
Next step will be the acquisition of some vintage cheap razors that are shave ready, to shave with but mainly to use for practising honing in the near future. I've sharpened all my kitchen and other knifes with a edgepro system in the past but razor honing is something different of course. A good honing stone just for keeping the razors in good shaving condition should do, I'll keep reading this very interesting forum for a while and then try to buy a decent one and practice with it.
btw. I was a bit surprised that several Belgian people who are also on this forum and another one without knowing me in person offered me to try out some of there razors to see which ones I liked the most. That's amazing! Thanks guys!
Have a nice shave, greets Ron
I think it's appropriate to introduce myself since I just joined the forum.
I'm a recently retired Belgian soldier, 52 years, living in Roeselare. I have been wet shaving with DE razors for a very long time but recently have become interested in straight razor shaving. I bought two vintage razors in the UK and a strop. At first I thought the razors where far to small and light for my hands and was a bit disappointed, but I got lucky and a visitor to my home showed me how to shave. Since, I've tried every day, only parts of my face so far and only WTG, the chin and under the nose will have to wait until I'm more confident. But I'm enjoying myself.
Next step will be the acquisition of some vintage cheap razors that are shave ready, to shave with but mainly to use for practising honing in the near future. I've sharpened all my kitchen and other knifes with a edgepro system in the past but razor honing is something different of course. A good honing stone just for keeping the razors in good shaving condition should do, I'll keep reading this very interesting forum for a while and then try to buy a decent one and practice with it.
btw. I was a bit surprised that several Belgian people who are also on this forum and another one without knowing me in person offered me to try out some of there razors to see which ones I liked the most. That's amazing! Thanks guys!
Have a nice shave, greets Ron
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