If you have ever considered it, why don't you shave with a straight razor (including shavette type)?
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While I'm new to the hobby and haven't even mastered the DE Razor I suspect I'll never be using a SR or shavette style razor due to the slight tremors in my hand. They're especially emphasised when I'm trying to concentrate and use fine motor skills so I imagine it would be very difficult!!
I did use a straight for some years when I was only shaving my face, but when I took to shaving my head also on a daily basis (nearly 20 years ago), I went back to using a safety razor.
Some people make a habit of repeating that claim that you can only get a proper shave with a straight razor. I'll just be polite (enjoy that while it lasts) and say it has no basis in fact.
In particular, some of the AC types of safety razor deliver a shave with a similar feel to a straight (owing to the stiffness of these blades), but any number of us can demonstrate that it is perfectly possible to achieve a perfect BBS with a DE razor.
Some people make a habit of repeating that claim that you can only get a proper shave with a straight razor. I'll just be polite (enjoy that while it lasts) and say it has no basis in fact.
In particular, some of the AC types of safety razor deliver a shave with a similar feel to a straight (owing to the stiffness of these blades), but any number of us can demonstrate that it is perfectly possible to achieve a perfect BBS with a DE razor.
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@Gargravarr, and your reason?
My reason for stopping using a straight? Pragmatism. There is nothing holy or even inherently superior about using a straight razor.
I figured that while it is possible that I would have figured out how to shave my dome without resorting to a foolish dance with mirror in one hand and razor in the other, I can easily do so with my eyes shut or in the dark with a safety razor, all within a sensible timeframe.
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@Mark was kind enough to help me into straights, yet lost touch with him to hone a straight, help me learn how to hone, along with not having the required equipment and a family member damaging the straight being my reasons.
I would like to try again one day, particularly alongside learning to hone properly.
I would like to try again one day, particularly alongside learning to hone properly.
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I personally prefer a perfect edge wrapped in paper always ready for me...the upkeep (stropping, honing, drying...) is just too much time, I'd rather spend that time building lather 
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@Gargravarr I have never read or heard:
"Some people make a habit of repeating that claim that you can only get a proper shave with a straight razor.".
Thank you for the enlightenment. Perhaps I should read more posts in P&C.
"Some people make a habit of repeating that claim that you can only get a proper shave with a straight razor.".
Thank you for the enlightenment. Perhaps I should read more posts in P&C.
Straight shaving definitely opened my eyes to how perfectly close a good shave can be and lifted the bar for DE razors to aspire towards.
A few of our fellowmembers enablers have me thinking the Blackland Vector or Colonial General might be close to straight and requires further investigation. Maybe when I run out of DE blades 
I admit I was very nervous about using a straight and expected to be covered in so many weepers that I would abandon it after a few attempts but it has had the opposite effect.
If I had the time would happily straight shave every day to perfect my shaving technique and honing skills. There is an added level of satisfaction using a tool you have sharpened yourself just like a good chisel or knife.
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I admit I was very nervous about using a straight and expected to be covered in so many weepers that I would abandon it after a few attempts but it has had the opposite effect.
If I had the time would happily straight shave every day to perfect my shaving technique and honing skills. There is an added level of satisfaction using a tool you have sharpened yourself just like a good chisel or knife.
