Hi All

I would like to introduce myself as a new member. I am from Cheshire in the UK and have been lurking in the bushes around here for many months. I must say I have learned a huge amount from you all and this forum has some great members!

I discovered straight razors after harbouring a mild fascination for them for many, many years and deciding to give it a go after finally admitting that I was never really going to get over the price of Mach 3 replacement cartridges! I purchased a Dovo razor and pasted paddle strop from Tony Miller as one of his excellent starter sets (nice one Tony, first class workmanship!) and have been going at it quietly for some time now. I am getting pretty good shaves and feeling very pleased with myself. I have a few questions etc but I will save that for future posts.

I am looking forward to participating regularly in this great place, if only to pester the living day lights out of you all with questions!

Cheers
Ray