Quote Originally Posted by Homebrew View Post
New here, wanted to say hello. I always hated shaving, my face would burn and hurt, so i went out on the net to find a better way and that led me here. I kinda jumped in with both feet, bought a Monsieur Charles disposeable blade about 2 weeks ago and did a full shave with it first try. No bad cuts thanks to the great info I found ehre, but did get some razor burn in the normal place, not as bad but was there. A quick search on this site and I learned I was using a little too much pressure, problem solved and I had the best shave ever the next day, no razor burn, awesome. This is so much fun I wish I could shave 2-3 times a day, hehe.

Well, I shaved for a whole 3 days before I got bit by the bug. I was talking to my grandfather about shaving with the straight and he gave me his grandfather old straight razor, has his initials scratched in the scales. I ordered the norton 1000/4000 and 4000/8000 hones and began reading everything i could about honing and restoring an old razor. I am very thrilled to say this morning I got to shave with my great great grandfathers stright razor and that was just an outstanding feeling to me.

Thanks for the great information/education guys and especially for turning the most dreaded part of my morning into something i enjoy and look forward to.
Welcome to SRP! That's pretty awesome that you ended up with a truly passed down shaver. Congrats on finding your new found love for shaving. Jeremy-