Thread: At what point do you stop calling yourself a beginner?

Maxi is right, there are too many areas of straight razor shaving to just consider yourself a beginner or an expert. Take pride in the skills you have acquired and most of all realize that the fact that you know -anything- about straight razor shaving puts you ahead of the curve.

my criteria is this:

if I'm talking to someone about it, do I say to the person "I'm learning how to shave with a straight razor" or do I say "I shave with a straight razor?" I think I'm finally at the point where I consider myself an actual straight-razor user who's not "learning how to do it." Granted, I am still learning and always will be, but intermediacy also implies learning. You could call yourself an advanced shaver, but that doesn't mean you can't still be learning. So, if you can honestly call your self a straight-razor shaver, then you are no longer a beginner.

Me, I'd call myself intermediate, though barely so.