So I have been a member of SRP since January. Not an Old timer but ....

So why did we all come here and sign up? Probably to learn. We accepted the generosity of the founders and owners of this site to provide us with FREE info. A secondary reason for many was to be part of a group of gentlemen and ladies who held dear the same values that we all share. So what are those values? I would hope that as members of SRP we can all be regarded as people who love the str8 razor experience. For whatever reason. I personally am attracted because of the history of the str8 razor shave and the simpleness and non commercial foundation of a time long forgotten by many.

So how about "THE PEOPLES STIMULUS PACKAGE"? What can we as members of SRP do to help our fellow members in these times of economic downturn. What can we do to encourage our fellows to take up the best darn shaving method around?

IMHO what we can do is adopt a PEOPLES STIMULUS PACKAGE for members of SRP. So what does that mean? If a fellow member in all honesty wants to explore the str8 razor shaving method but does not have the means to purchase the blade or the strop or the hones to sharpen the blade, then we as fellow members can give what extra we have to that member. The government, they say , "your government" has devised all kinds of stimulus packages that in fact will cost you, the tax payers many dollars. We, on the other hand can devise our own stimulus package, for our members in need, with no cost to the general membership. And how can that be done, you might ask? If every member who has an extra blade that he does not use or an extra stone that is sitting in the closet, lonely, or and extra strop that hasn't seen the sharp edge of a blade in 6 months, were willing to GIVE that extra piece of history to a deserving fellow member, free of cost, then we could enact our own Peoples, SRP, stimulus package. Yes, I am aware that many of you profit from sales of blades and strops and hones, and that is as it should be. But if you are not into selling your wares and instead have "stuff" that could benefit others in need, then I say lets start a grass roots movement, exclusive to the members of SRP, that benefits our members better than any government promoted stimulus package could. One drop in the ocean, may produce a tidal wave of good. And to those members who might receive such gifts, let it be known that when you are able you must repay this gift with a future gift to a new member who is in need. This can work. Many of us are already doing this behind the scenes. Lets make it a goal of our membership to assist those in need. We will be better for it.x10.

Mark