Thread: Another First Timer

Oh I've definitely signed up lol. My parents grew up in the 50's, so I was raised with a lot of old school tendencies. Quality seemed to have been the standard back then, not like a lot of things today (ahem cartridges). I have no problem laying out some money for a quality straight and accessories, but paying threw the roof for junk was killing me.

Thanks for the info linacman, I was actually considering the Bismarck but decided to go cheaper for my first. I think I'm going to keep an eye out for a spike point in the classifieds. I'd like to build a small rotation and would love to have some diversity. I'm not to worried about a little blood here and there, it happens. Even with disposables.

And I've got a question similar to Shoki's, during my first shave I was putting the blade parallel to the line I was trying to make. My thinking was "The blade is straight so the line will be straight." Do you guy's go perpendicular?

Haha, just looked at the classifieds after posting this and a spike point bismarck just sold. My wallet is definitely going to get lighter since I already have a real strong impulse to get another razor.
-Andrew