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04-24-2009, 04:45 AM #1Member
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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
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04-24-2009, 04:48 AM #2Senior Member
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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.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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04-24-2009, 05:50 AM #3Senior Member
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Hi Dave and welcome to SRP!
Regards,
Viktor
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04-24-2009, 12:08 PM #4Senior Member
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Welcome aboard! Sounds like you were already afflicted so there is no reason to warn you about RAD!
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04-24-2009, 12:21 PM #5Mostly Harmless
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Welcome and I wish you many happy shaves.
Maarten
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04-24-2009, 12:35 PM #6Senior Member
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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.
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04-24-2009, 12:46 PM #7Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP.
I'm looking forward to reading your future posts and hearing about your RAD and other AD's.“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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04-24-2009, 03:52 PM #8Member
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Thanks for the warm welcome guys!
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04-24-2009, 07:25 PM #9Senior Member
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Welcome and enjoy your journey.
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04-24-2009, 08:43 PM #10Senior Member
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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
with your acquisitions!
Regards,
- Scott
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