Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post
It seems a lot of you are perhaps missing a major resource you can use - the Private Messaging system of this site.

It worked very well for me when I had the dilemma of picking a straight razor for the first time. I had a few that I thought would be good and asked a senior member who seemed very knowledgeable, helpful, and objective about his opinion.
One other really important, and VERY underrated tool... The Member's Map! If you can find someone with decent experience, fairly close to you, then you can learn a metric ****ton from them in short order. You can test their razors (most guys are open to this), play with their strops, sample their brushes and lather their creams and soaps... Seriously if you can meet someone in person, DO IT! It helped me indescribably.

Cheers,
Jeremy