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11-11-2013, 06:17 PM #1Junior Member
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Hello from Portland
I've shaved with a straight for the fist time yesterday. I've got a strop on the way and just got a newspaper to strop with in the meantime. I've been wetshaving with DEs for 8 months already and moving to, or at least trying out, straights seems to be a common progression.
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11-11-2013, 08:04 PM #2Senior Member
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Welcome aboard! Glad to see another member from the PNW. Your prior experience with a a DE will serve you well. You have come to the right place. Let us know if you have any questions.
The older I get the more I realize how little I actually know.
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11-11-2013, 08:29 PM #3Senior Member
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Somehow I doubt that Portland is anything like this but I do love this show. "Remember when kids grew up to be artisan bakers, everyone had home made haircuts and guy's shaved with straight razors?".
Dream of the 1890s - Portlandia on IFC - YouTube
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11-11-2013, 08:52 PM
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Welcome athair from a SRP member in Forest Grove. There are a lot of members in this neck of the woods. I suggest that you get together with a mentor to make sure your razor is properly honed and have a one on one with him to answer many of your questions with out the delay of posting back and forth. One thing he, and I and a lot of members will say, is do not, repeat, do not try to hone your own at this time till you can manage a series of proper technique shaves. My mentor is pinklather, he lives in Scapoose, not that far. Send him a PM about getting together with him. He will, time permitting be more than happy to do a one on one. If you do arrange a meeting and transportation is a problem (don't know if you are a student or what on a limited budget) you can take Max out to Hillsboro and I'll take you the rest of the way. I always enjoy meeting with him.
Razorfeld
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11-12-2013, 12:19 AM
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Razorfeld, Wow, that's about the friendliest response I've gotten onine, thank you. I am not a student and transport wouldn't be the problem there but time would and money always is. I've got two young kids and a more than full time job. I got up yesterday at 5am just to have the uninterrupted time for my first straight shave. Insomnia sucks, but had a benefit for once. I live on the other side of Portland near 205 so that would be a long drive, but I'll keep this in mind though.
11-12-2013, 12:24 AM
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Welcome to the forum!
Lots of great people here, lots of info, pretty much can answer any question you can think of, probably even the, "meaning of life".
It's a great journey - enjoy!
11-12-2013, 12:07 AM
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Portland is awesome like that. But as a network engineer I don't aspire to be a baker, or cut my own hair.
