Thread: How do I find a mentor?

Welcome to SRP. You mean you can actually drive over to a Classic Shaving storefront and walk in ? Man, if I could do that my credit card balance would be maxed out in no time. That is a good razor you're looking at. Check out the beginner's guide in the link below for useful info on getting started.

Yes, I am fortunate enough that this store is about an hour's drive.
Guess I'm lucky and thanks for your thoughts.

Originally Posted by July10newbie

How do I send you a PM?

If you want to send a PM (private message) to a member you can do it one of two ways.

1. If you see a post by that member, you can click his/her username at the side of the post and several options will come up, one of which is to send a PM and you should be able to figure it out from there.

2. In the upper right hand corner of the forum page, there is an area that says Welcome, (your username) and two lines below that is a line that reads "Your Notifications." Click on that and it will open your PM box and you can navigate around in that to send a message. If you start typing out the username of a member, it will start to autofill various usernames. This makes it easier to find the username in case you don't quite remember how to spell it.

If that's not enough info about PMing, just ask again.

Thanks Utopian,
I guess I'm a little afraid of cutting myself. I suppose this is natural. Do you have any ideas on exactly how I should hold and use the blade? I think they will also help me at the store tomorrow.

Originally Posted by July10newbie

Thanks Utopian,
I guess I'm a little afraid of cutting myself. I suppose this is natural. Do you have any ideas on exactly how I should hold and use the blade? I think they will also help me at the store tomorrow.

The wiki will be your hero 99/100 times.

First straight razor shave - Straight Razor Place Wiki

That should help you get started... there are also articles on what you need to get started, and tons of other great things. It functions just like Wikipedia, so it's very intuitive and userfriendly, just full of more interesting things

+1 on what the zombie has to say.. just make sure it's shave ready.. you can get a great razor for as little $40.. there is always time to buy the newest flashiest thing out there.. i've also heard it said that you'd want to go cheaper on a strop as the chances are you'll end up cutting the business out of it anyway.

Originally Posted by July10newbie

How do I send you a PM?

click on my nametag "Del1r1um" and you'll get a drop down box... click on the "send private message..." choice and you'll be on your way.

Dave

Thanks, I just re read and printed the article on first straight razor shave.

Hello vthomlinson, Where can I get a great razor for $40.00

I just got a message for a PM but my pop up blocker wouldn't allow me to open it. I'm on a Mac with Safari.

Originally Posted by July10newbie

Hello vthomlinson, Where can I get a great razor for $40.00

I just got a message for a PM but my pop up blocker wouldn't allow me to open it. I'm on a Mac with Safari.

In the upper right corner of every page, look for the part that says "welcome, July10newbie" and "Your notifications"

Click on "your notifications and you can read your pm"

Mac and Safari shouldn't be a problem, it's what I'm running too.