New straightrazorized guy wants to say "Hi"

Dear Wetshavians!

After a few month of DE-Shaving with an E2 Fatboy and being active member of the nassrasur.com forum in good ol' Germany I decided to make the final step forward (back?) into straight razor shaving feeling that this might be the last frontier in a mans wellness treatment (And beardreducing of course!).

So I read all about straight razors I could back in the nassrasur.com forum (as "Asphalthaut"), had a few very inspiring phone calls with a Forum- Member "Bartisto" and jumped into the electronic bay looking for the best I could lay hands on with limited bankroll. Did not want to spend tooo much on a thing that i might not use in future, of course.

I ended up with a Joseph Elliot's best silver steel 6/8 the latter being in almost mint condution but with horrible wood scales.
"Bartisto" being a renowned Honemeister in Germany helped me by creating fantastic deep blue acrylic scales for it. I dont need to mention that the honeing he did to left it sharper the a straight razor ;). Have a look at it here: jAlbum Album !

Thanks to "Bartisto"'s craftmanship an that fine razor I shave my face for one month now and hope that I can do that for the rest of my life! I appreciate those few minutes I take for myself each night to settle and reconsile my day.

Happy shaving to you all!

Yours
Asphaltized

Hi, and welcome to SRP.
You seem well prepared, good luck with your new venture:)

Any questions, don't hesitate to ask them.
There's a lot of helpful and knowledgable people in here, who will help out any way they can.

Thanks for your warm welcome. Questions sure will arise!

I forgot to mention my also Bartisto-honed 5/8 Clauss Fremont Ohio that sat next to my sheffield and looked sad, when I did not write about it. :) Also a small but great razor!