Hi All,

Joined only a short while ago. I've been "lurking" for a while.
I've shaved with DE for a number of years, went to the dark side with the Electric razor for a while, returned to blades again. Been using a Mach 3 for ever. Recently I've decided to try a straight razor again. My Father had one and moved to DE when I was very young but I always loved the shave I got from my barber when he used his straight razor and wished I would do it.

I recently bought a shavette I've been using Merkur blades in. It didn't take long to master it so I decided it was time to move on to bigger and better things. I've been using Ebay to try to find a nice razor but I'm not much of an "Ebay'er" so i lost out on many good blades IMHO. But I just got lucky and got what looks like a nice one.

H.BOKER & CO. ANTIQUE STRAIGHT RAZOR WITH BOX NEAR MINT - (eBay.ca item 300282653493 end time 30-Dec-08 17:45:35 EST)

I paid $56 USD for it and think I got a fine blade for a bargin price. I'll have to reserve the wOOhoos until I get it in my hands.

So that's my story, Look forward to chatting with many of you.

Happy new year... yeah I'm early but I hate to be late.