Thread: Austin Tx informal?

It's come to my attention that there are a few of us in Austin. Would we be interested in getting together for an informal meetup?

Seraphim and I are both new to straights, and I for one would love to have a chance to, for instance, see stropping technique in person and have my errors corrected.

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

It's come to my attention that there are a few of us in Austin. Would we be interested in getting together for an informal meetup?

Seraphim and I are both new to straights, and I for one would love to have a chance to, for instance, see stropping technique in person and have my errors corrected.

I could be talked into making a pilgrimage to Austin.

Sorry, I read the user name off the wrong message in my PM box. I did not mean to misrepresent Serephim's level of experience or geographical location. I intended to say that davisbonanza lives here in Austin and is also a new straight shaver.

I would love to get together with some like minded folks to learn my stropping technique, perhaps honing, and exactly how to perform all these sharpness tests. That said, I would hate to invite a bunch of experienced folks just to turn them into a Q&A panel. I think a meetup including some conversation, good food and/or drink and/or tobacco blended with some signature Austin music or outdoor beauty would be
a great time.

I am definitely in for an Austin meet and greet. I was just looking at the thread from the last two Dallas events and they looked like a good time! I think we know how to do it up down here in the capitol city so if any one would like to join in let's get something together. My schedule is pretty open so if someone throws out some dates, times and locations maybe we can start planning something. I hope to meet some of you guys soon.

Dave

I'm assuming a weekend would probably be best. If a Sat I will need to request off work, if a Sun afternoon there would be no work issue. Kenrup said the end of this month and early July would work well for him. Anyone else have some suggestions for times and maybe venue? What kind of facilities would we need?

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

I'm assuming a weekend would probably be best. If a Sat I will need to request off work, if a Sun afternoon there would be no work issue. Kenrup said the end of this month and early July would work well for him. Anyone else have some suggestions for times and maybe venue? What kind of facilities would we need?

The Dallas Meet Up meets at a Sherlock's Pub in Arlington. It works out pretty well, we do get left alone when all the razors come out. Any place would work that had some part where we could "spread" out and enough lighting to see comfortably.

A Sunday afternoon would be fine with me. Heck, I'll bring a door prize or two.

If you guys like, I could do a bit of a demonstration of stropping and keeping the edge sharp with pasted paddles and or barber hones along with a few other tips and tricks.

count me it, best, richard.

Hey guys,
It looks like this thing is picking up steam! We have five confirmed so far, Davisbonanza, foundlingofdollar, Kenrup, statsdr, and blaireu. We have three maybes, Jockyes, vgod, and tecate. I know some of you are coming from Dallas so you guys should talk amongst yourselves and arrange some sort of carpool. Also if you Dallas folk know of anyone who attended at yalls meet-up and have not chimed in here and may want to come, let them know the plan. As I said in a previous post, I will wait a couple of weeks to make the room reservation so more folks have time to RSVP. Personally, I am willing to chip in a little more on that as I will not be paying for extra gas. One last item, our event is on the calendar on the front page here at SRP and there is a link to the map to Texspresso there.

Cheers!

Wonderful! I'm looking forward to it!

I will chip in a free bottle of beer for each of you coming in from Dallas!

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