Audemars Piguet

I picked up a straight edge razor ( bought one for my son this Christmas ) frankly, I’m a tad nervous trying it.



I love the edges on my 15400




only time will tell if I “ love “ the edge on this razor

Careful, Larry!

I’ve never tried or had a straight blade 🪒 

If you bought it and it says “shave ready”… well, be somewhat cautious. If you know how to hone and strop your own razor, that is best. To test its sharpness, and assuming you have hair on your legs, the razor should cut the hairs when just midway down the hair (meaning, don’t put the blade against your skin). If the razor pops off the hair using that technique, it is shave ready.

Traditional wet shaving is a great hobby to pick up (be sure to get a nice brush and soaps/creams). The old fashioned double edge razors are much easier to adapt to than a str8, fyi. Cheers, and good luck

i’ve been looking at YouTube videos and based on the Dovo information it’s ready to go. I have a strop coming from Amazon and brush w/ soap. I also ordered mineral oil, how often do you treat the blade with oil?

Unless you will be storing it for a long time. I really don’t use it. I have a 4K/8k Norton wet hone, and a two sided leather strop. That’s really all that’s needed to maintain the edge, imo.

And that blade looks like a perfect match.

Cheers
Peter