Hello, my name is Brad and I am 23 years old. I have been interested in shaving with a straight razor for a while now. I've been trying to do as much research as possible and finally took the plunge and I ordered a set of gear.

I ordered my gear from thewellshavedgentleman.com and got the DOVO 5/8 "Solingen Best Quality" razor with a hanging strop and a 4 sided paddle strop for about $180.
I found out about this website after lurking through these forums for a little while. I'm still waiting to get the set in the mail (I am a military member stationed in Germany) so it's going to be a few days.

I just thought I'd introduce myself to everyone and hopefully find some good newbie tutorials (I've found several already, but can't ever have too many ).

Nice to meet you all.

-Brad