Saying "Hi"

Hi everyone, I decided to come into the forum and say "Hi" and "thanks" to all of you regulars who post such great info here.

I used to follow the Yahoo group pretty regularly years ago and was happy to find SRP as well as many other straight razor forums having grown so much since back then.

I've been a straight collector (well more knives with a side addiction with straights) for many years but only recently pulled out an old W&B Celebrated meat chopper, honed it up, and started shaving. Thrilled me to death and ****ed me off all at the same time. I was thrilled to finally have taken the step to try wet shaving but ****ed it took me so long to do it. :)

Now it seems that I'm back into searching antique stores and flea markets for those hidden treasures again and loving it. One of the best parts for me is the history of these old razors and being able to take part and add to that history. It's hard to believe that you're holding and using a tool that was made 100+ yrs ago, simply amazing!

Anyway, that's about all I have to say besides see you around. :)

Dave

Welcome to SRP. I'm a bit of an old pocket knife collector myself. Mostly Case tested and XX 048 pattern slim trappers but I have an assortment of other makes and patterns. Smooth shaving to you.

Hi Dave and welcome to SRP! :)

Regards,
Viktor

Welcome aboard! Sounds like you were already afflicted so there is no reason to warn you about RAD! :jedi:

Welcome and I wish you many happy shaves.

Maarten

Dave,
Great to see you here. I hope you will contribute regularly and share your tremendous knowledge of waterstones and sharpening. japaneseknifesharpening.com has been on my favorites list since it opened.

Welcome to SRP.

I'm looking forward to reading your future posts and hearing about your RAD and other AD's.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys! :)

Welcome and enjoy your journey.

Hey Dave, welcome back! :)

To me, this is all about the shave: the feeling
of using a razor I've honed, the smoothness of
the shave, and the fact that the stiff single-edge
of the straight is the best blade for my face.

Enjoy, and :gl: with your acquisitions!

Regards,

- Scott

Welcome Dave.

David Polan (Heavydutysg135) is a member here that we haven't seen much around lately.
I have tremendous respect for him, and he spoke to me several times about you in the highest of terms.
If David valued your knowledge about knife sharpening, so will I.

Best regards,
Bart.

Thanks Bart! :)