Excellent post Gugi!

When Lynn started SRP all those years ago it was with the goals of bringing like-minded people together to share experience and knowledge, experiment, and revive the art of straight razor shaving (forgive me for putting words in your mouth Lynn, but I think that is basically correct). While a lot of people have come and gone during that time, one thing has always remained and grown - the knowledge imparted by the membership.

That knowledge and information has been sifted and weighed, tested and tried, over and over again. What we are left with is undiluted "good" information. SRP is a valuable resource of good information, and that information is added to constantly. We have no horse in the race apart from growing the art by providing that information freely to anyone who cares to read.

There are other sources of information too, of course. When you are starting out the different sources of information can muddy the waters, sometimes. You need to think critically about the sources of the information, just as you might think critically about the news you read or watch (what angle are they trying to push?), or research you read (who funded it? why?).

Gugi's given some excellent tips and shortcuts to getting good, unbiased, sources of information. Save yourself some frustration and put his ideas into practice - it will help and, more importantly, it will make your straight razor shaving experience much more enjoyable.

Good luck!

James.