Hello All, I'm Jim. I recently got into wetshaving, and have been using a DE safety razor for a couple of months now. I spend way too much time on the forums, and they have only pulled me further into the madness of traditional shaving--now I am contemplating a straight razor.

I don't have a knife yet, still kind of sniffing around the idea a bit, but I am on the verge of taking this path. I hope to learn a lot here, and thank you in advance for your patience with the undoubted noob questions that will come.

Oh, and before anyone asks, I live in Japan but Japanese straights are a rare bird here, as well...I MIGHT be able to get one sometime, I'm on the trail, but as of yet I've never even seen one.

Thanks,
Jim