Introduction Daniël van der Putten

I remember well how, as a 16-year-old boy, I saw my grandfather's open razor on his sink. Fascinated and with adolescent curiosity, I, full of admiration and awe, picked up the knife, and started shaving with it.
A sense of humility came over me with the realization that, to master this instrument to perfection the necessary practice is necessary to achieve the ultimate result. It is with this in mind that I want to help people get the most out of their open razor. At a time when social media only manifested itself to a single forum on the Internet, I literally had to reinvent the wheel. The era I grew up in was one of Gillette multi blade systems and razors, and often felt very lonely. Lonely because no one seemed to shave authentically anymore. After spending hours on the bevy of forums on the internet, my product knowledge as well as my knowledge of the razor in my hands grew.


To save you this quest, and to prevent that your newly purchased open razor, due to the lack of knowledge ends up in the drawer. I come up with this course in shaving with the open razor.