Greetings from Boston,

I am a fresh convert to straights and after a few weeks of looking around, I've finally decided to join this inspiring place. I've been shaving with a straight razor for a couple of weeks now and I am totally hooked: I have not lost any of my facial features, yet; there is no more skin irritation or ingrown hair; and I love new challenges - now I have a "dangerous one" every single day!

Although I had originally planned to get a single razor only (I started with a new Dovo "Best Value" razor); I quickly cought the Razor Acquisition Syndrome and got me a few more toys (two Wostenholms, a Frederick Reynolds humpback, a Joh Engstrom frameback and a no-name lightweight "Jessops"; and at some point I'd like to get a blade from some American craftsman). I blame you! I sent my first two razors for honing to Howard from theperfectedge.com. He is a great guy to deal with and did a great job with my Dovo and FR. I am using them as benchmarks for my own honing attempts.

I would like to thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experience here. I've learnt so much in so short time, you help me figure out what works best for me (but I do not think I'll ever do the fool's pass :P ). Keep up the great job!

-sq