Need help with Straight Razors? *************Look Here***********

[Luc]

New to Straight Razors, consult the following threads or pages in Wiki

• The Interactive Guide to Straight Razor Shaving.
• Here's a video on straight shaving, thanks to Chimensch

Hardware

• What should you buy?
• What is what? Here's a picture.
• How do I hold my straight razor?
• The Good and bad straight razor brands
• What to look for when buying a second hand straight razor

Pictures

• I want PICTURES! Look here!

Important Wiki Pages

• Straight Razor Wiki page
• Straight Razor Manufacturers (Looking for more details on a Brand?)

Interviews/Journals

• Straight Shaver Interviews
• All Interviews
• Shaving Journals - Members experiences

If you have any questions on specific straight razors, visit the Straight Razor Shave Clinic sub-forum.
If you have any questions on strops, visit the Strop sub-forum. Don't forget to visit the Sticky thread.
If you need you razor to be sharpened by a Honemeister or have questions on hones, visit the honing sub-forum. Don't forget to visit the Sticky thread.
Any restorations questions, visit the Restoration sub-forum. Don't forget to visit the Sticky thread.

If you need further help, do not forget to look at the Wetshaving instructions and tutorials in the Shave Clinic & Newbie Check-in forum.

[Barber-Eile]

Thanks Luc! Great to have this all together! I must read through these myself. Sometimes the sheer volume of threads is overwhelming.

[professorchaos]

Thanks Luc. Very well done.

[Seraphim]

Nice.

How about adding a link for the stropping vid contest thread? That has a few good examples for newbies to reference, which was the intent in the first place.

[Luc]

Nice.

How about adding a link for the stropping vid contest thread? That has a few good examples for newbies to reference, which was the intent in the first place.

This thread?

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=149654

[richmondesi]

Nice work... It may be a good idea to link to the original threads that precipitated the wiki page, though

[Luc]

Nice work... It may be a good idea to link to the original threads that precipitated the wiki page, though

Did you have a particular thread in mind Paul? Some Wiki page have the original threads linked into them...

[richmondesi]

Did you have a particular thread in mind Paul? Some Wiki page have the original threads linked into them...

Not necessarily, but the SRP wiki pages usually link back to the threads that the bulk of the information came from. It's kind of nice sometimes to see the back and forth that generated it the information. That's all no big deal. I would have posted the suggestion in the Wiki forum, but my privileges were taken away without any discussion as to why

[Austin]

Thanks Luc for bring order to chaos.

[slpknt10l03]

thanks for putting that together -- helpful!

[Theologia14]

Well I came to this forum to ask the question about moving from DE to Straight razor and found all my questions here! Thanks for the great post.

[Luc]

Added the picture thread!

[takedeadaim]

Thanks for putting this together, it was very helpful and informative. Best of all it confirmed I am doing it right.

[mretzloff]

The Interactive Guide to Straight Razor Shaving link is directing me to the wiki's main page.

[Luc]

The Interactive Guide to Straight Razor Shaving link is directing me to the wiki's main page.

This issue should be rectified soon. In the interim, you can use the Wiki search engine, Wiki directly or this link: http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index..._Razor_Shaving

[Luc]

I just reformatted the OP a little to make it easier to read...

[EssDoubleYou]

Hi, newbie engineer wanting to know how much a straight edge (SE) wears over time. I have a very thick beard and go though a disposable 2 blade in 3 days (after that it becomes dull and draws blood). I am presuming that a SE will last me a lifetime, but wanted to know how often one would typically need to sharpen and hone a SE razor.

As well, I would like to know how much a blade will wear in a year under this kind of use? 1 micron? 10 or 100? Thanks...

[Luc]

Hi, newbie engineer wanting to know how much a straight edge (SE) wears over time. I have a very thick beard and go though a disposable 2 blade in 3 days (after that it becomes dull and draws blood). I am presuming that a SE will last me a lifetime, but wanted to know how often one would typically need to sharpen and hone a SE razor.

As well, I would like to know how much a blade will wear in a year under this kind of use? 1 micron? 10 or 100? Thanks...

Welcome to B&B!

It depends... Not all razors are made the same. It depends on the steel. Some are softer metal that require more maintenance and others are very hard metals that stay sharp for a very long time. I try to keep a log on when I hone my straights but I don't have 2 that require the same honing pattern (i.e. to be sharpened every X shaves and x laps on the stone to get it sharp again).

On how much metal you remove, not that much, I never measured it but it's very small. I got some straights from the early 1900s and before, they are still very sharp, very good, big blades!

[newtobengall]

Again great work Luc.