Hey thanks for the warm welcome! Yep I do see some familiar names arround here as well. The strop is one of Tony Miller's seconds. I got it a few months ago along with the razor but just haven't had the time to set aside to get the blade honed and then to use it for a while. The original scales were mismatched so I got the cheap plastic dovo's offered on classic shaving and now they are what is on it. Then the holidays came and the stuff has sat. Now I am able to send it out and get ready for things to slow down a little so I can set some time aside to try it out once it is shave ready. Here is a scan of the blade. Like I said it now has the dovo black plastic scales so don't worry about that.



Alan AFDavis11 has offered to hone it for me so it should be on it's way after Christmas.

So I am starting new with straights but I am very familiar with DEs, brushes, soaps and all that so I am not starting from scratch. Well I look forward to taking the plunge here as well!

Thanks guys!