Hello all.....I finally decided to take the plunge and join the forum as I have been lurking for weeks now. I wish now that I had done a little more research prior to buying my first razor. I got sucked in by the "to good to be true" deal and it was. I got not even a first full shave with it, and in the end it looked like I had gotten in a fight with a cat and lost! (although thank goodness for styptics!). After looking around a little more here I purchased a sight unseen from whippeddog that arrived a few days ago, and oh man what a world of difference. What I got ended up being a Clauss razor with faux ivory scales and I am in love with it. I look forward to becoming proficient, but kinda wish that the learning curve were not quite so steep so that I could go straight to the baby butt feel. I look forward to hearbing from and learning from all of the experienced people out there.

Ben