Hello I'm Guus, I thought it would be nice to introduce myself.
I'm 20 years old and live in the Nederlands. I've started shaving with a straight razor when I was 18. That was because I've always been fascinated by knives. The other reason was that my beard is so hard that a Mach 3 knive only lasted 2 shaves. I started out with a silver steel razor with ebbenwood scales form dovo. After making all the beginner mistakes (wrong angle, bad honing and using cheap shaving foam) I bought the Celluloid Red 6/8. Great razor who gave me a decent shave. Now a few weeks ago I bought a used razor. After receiving the razor I knew why the previous owner sold it. It was as dull as a .. uhh .. cheap kitchen knife. After honing it on Belgium brok (coticule) it got its edge back. But lately there is no more improvement in my shaving so that’s the reason I registered for this forum because there is always a closer shave. I hope to learn a lot from you people.

Guus