Thread: Basic Questions for the new guy

Originally Posted by feltspanky

Welcome to SRP Scott: I hope your razor is truly shave ready when it arrives. Give it the thumb and fingernail test for starters.

Fingernail test on a shave ready blade makes it not shave ready. A new guy would not know what a thumb test *should* feel like.

Solitary - I don't see your location on your profile, but you might be able to post - asking if there are any experienced guy within striking distance that could spend a couple hours giving some help. It would rocket you ahead in your learning.

If your travels bring you near Portland, OR - give me a hollar. Watch technique, have your technique observed. You'll find it eliminates alot of confusion.

However you proceed - I hope it goes well & that you have some fun at it. If the edge is not up to par (and new guys are *HARD* on edges), give a holler. Postage and bubble envelope would be the only cost. You may find you have more fun than when you first took razor to face.