Hi everyone,

I signed up a few days ago and thought I should properly introduce myself.

My shaving background has been disposal blades since I started shaving, and one year or so of electric (2004-2005), which led to a break out of acne that I had not seen since teenage. (At least it made me fell younger.. ). I then switched back to disposables, but the trauma of pimpled face (at 30yo damn it ! ) made me paranoid about how clean was anything that I would scrape my skin with.

I have switched to Straights a few weeks ago (could be a month now) and could not be happier. I now get a great shave every time and I really appreciate the new morning rituals. Everything started with thread on Wet Shaving on a Fountain Pen forum that I created a bit more than a year ago (fountainpennetwork.com). I had an epiphany : What could be more sanitary that a straight razor's blade ! Since then I have bought a pure badger brush from Em's Place, three hones form Tilly, a 3/8 straight from Classic Shaving and I have traded a pen set for a Hen and Rooster 5/8 from Ed, a.k.a ForestryProf. I use L'Occitane shaving soap and love it. I know not everyone likes it, but it works very well for me, and it's French, so it has to be perfect. (Guess where I am originally from... )

That's pretty much my story and I'll stick to it

Denis.