Hi guys,
I've been snooping around for a while. Onimaru55 directed me to this site after my purchase from him on Ebay.

My name is Jason. I live in Tampa (duh, right?). I'm 27 years old and have been considering moving into straight razor shaving for a while. Had I known about this site before I started, I would've been ahead of the learning curve, but never really had too many issues.

I dove straight in. I didn't bother with "starter sets" or anything like that but I've been pretty much the same way my whole life - baptism by fire. My first razor was actually my purchase from Oz. It's a vintage Sheffield style razor crafted by a Josiah Barnes in 1834. It's quite sharp and does a great job. I have no problems with it at all on my face - left or right handed. I'm working on my throat more and more with each shave and have had very minimal razor burn the last few times. I've only shaved, so far, about 10-12 times with it but am loving it. I look forward to when I have enough facial hair to warrant cutting it off.

I'm looking at a few more purchases online as I type this - specifically vintage style blades for restoration. I hope none of you guys are bidding on what I am ... cause you won't win. HAAAARR!

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and say that I am really enjoying the site and community that's sprung up around it. Glad to be here and you should be seeing a few more posts from me in the near future.

-Jason