Hi Forum
I am a Brit living in a small town in western Germany. Happily not too far away from the town of Solingen actually.
I am fairly new to this type of shaving, having purchased my first straight razor about 2 months ago. This was a brand new Dovo with simple white plastic scales, which the shop owner sold to me on the basis that I should buy a low cost number first to see if I liked it. I looked at the prettier ones, and she told me to go away and practice first!
I did indeed like it, so I found a dealer in Belgium to sell me a new Thiers-Issard.
My beard grows with glacial slowness - I only have to shave once every six days. This is frustrating sometimes. I am not getting that much practice then, and today's shave was not as good as the last one (although light years better than the first one), so I was motivated finally to come on here.
I have a good handful of questions now arising from my couple of months' experience. Thought I'd introduce myself here first though!