I've been wearing a beard for the past 3 years. I found out about straight razors, and said to myself that this how I'm going to start shaving again. I got a brush and some proraso, purchased some str8s, found out about this great community and sent the razors out to Lynn for honing. The razors are still with Lynn, but I got my hands on my grandfather's 1932 gillett tech DE razor since then. A friend of mine was nice enough to give me a wilkinson sword blade, and I decided that I just couldn't wait for the straight razor to start shaving, so I took out my new brush, my new soap and my grandfather's 78 year old DE.
WOW !!!
I completely forgot about the feeling of a freshly shaven face. I forgot how smooth it feels, and how nice walking in a cool breeze can feel.
I'm definitely going to keep shaving, I really enjoyed taking my time to prep my face, prepare my lather and slowly shave using my "new" razor. I can't wait to get my straight's from Lynn.
I thank evey single one of you from this forum for the great experience I had this moring, it's because of you that I decided to start shaving again.
Have a great day !!