I found SRD a few weeks ago tried a shave with a straight and now i"m hooked. I have always liked doing things the old way but before I stumbled upon this site I never thought about my shave. I sold my wife on my new obsession with the "it so much cheaper then throwing out the plastic disposable razor after every other shave" now two razors a strop and my constant checking on eBay and the classifieds on this site I'm not sure she is still buying the cheaper argument. Too late now. I bought my wife a day at the spa for are anniversary while there I noticed that they offered a shave for $20.00 it was the full treatment hot towel a shave with a shavette (health codes in my area make them use a disposable blade)and a nice smack with some balm now i cant wait to start shaving at home. Like i said earlier I have two vintage blades but neither of them are shave ready one is a Torrey in good shape just needs a good honing the other is a Boker that will need a full restore that i bought as a project. I'm going to send the Torrey out to be honed by a pro (cant wait). I'm thinking about getting a new dovo kit(razor,strop,bowl,and brush) to compare a new razor to a vintage shave but that will come in time. For now i hit up Walmart and found an inexpensive brush & soap kit (any feed back?). now just waiting on my razor to get started. In the mean time i will be reading up on the technic watching some you tube videos and getting ready