Hello all. My name is Frank. I am 27 years old and i am addicted to straight razor shaving. man this sounds like an aa meeting. anyhow ive been shaving with a straight razor for about 6 months and i love it. my wife thinks i am nuts but i dont care to much about that. It all started one day when i was going through some of my late fathers belongings god rest his sole and i came accross a old beat up rectangular cardboard box. It had writing on it that said erusta 6/8 solingen germany. I opened it up and out popped the first straight razor i ever held. I went out into my mothers kitchen and showed her. she told me that it was my fathers grandfathers and that i could have it. My grandfather was born in 1912 so if it was his fathers it must be very old but it is in almost brand new condition but i cant say the same for the box. I ran right to walgreens grabbed some williams mug shaving soap and a 5 dollar boar bristle shaving brush. when i got home i imediately took a shower and jumped out to begin my shave. luckily my uncle bill used to shave with a brush and soap, he used a safety razor though. I had seen him lather up quite a few times. I did so as i had seen him and began to shave. luckily i think the razor was put away with a realy good edge on it because it went surprisingly well. i had the right idea because i had been shaved by my barber a few times. It took me forever probably a half hour but no cuts and a reasonably good shave. the thing that got me is after i had none of the normal razor rash and bumps that i got from a multi blade razor. Now i am hooked that same barber has given three other razors all with a good edge on them. i am struggling however to learn to hone them. i try to do it but am not sure if they are as sharp as they should be because i have nothing to compare to. i bought a new tiers issard razor from a guy who makes hand made scales and uses ti blades and sent it out to lynn via classic shaving about 2 weeks ago i guess and am anxiously waiting its return so i have a good comparison. if i can get them even close to as sharp im doing ok to start. anyhow thanks for reading my book here sorry so long.