Thread: Hello World from Bristol, UK

Hello all, a straight razor virgin here!

I purchased my first straight razor today, it's a Vintage Bengall Sheffield Straight Razor. Vintage Bengall Sheffield Straight Razor only ordered it today. I decided the other week I wanted to explore straight razors and got swept away by the passion people have for their art and I can see why so many people get RAD with so many beautiful razors.

I've got my eye on a Boker Edelweiss (for 30th birthday present) but wanted a cheaper razor to test how I get on, not sure if I made the right decision but I really like the look of the Bengall. I still need to get myself all of the peripheral bits n bobs

Looking forward to reporting on my first straight shave!

Welcome to the SRP world. Read and ask away. We all like to give our opinions on everything!. I have two Bengalls, one no name and one Cadman & Son. Great, competent shavers. A good first choice. You have some excellent sources in England for all your necessary peripherals. But don't jump into wanting to hone your own for a goodly while. Learn to refresh an edge first, that will extend the edge done by a pro by many, many months. Remember, read the wikis and ask, ask , ask.

Thanks RazorField

Definitely not ready for honing yet, going to get my shaving soap, alum, styptic pencil and I need a strop too, not sure how much I should be spending on that though.

Welcome, Discere!

Ditto what Razorfield said: "Remember, read the wikis and ask, ask , ask."

I would also add "watch" to the list. There are tons of videos around.

Straight Razor Place Wiki - Straight Razor Place Wiki is our wiki and there is *a* *ton* of useful info, tutorials, howto stuff.

btw-What parts do you hail from? You may want to put it in your profile. SRPer are literally all over the world, if you ever need help/mentoring.

Enjoy the ride, brutha!

Siguy just said what I was going to add. Read on how to make your own strop so you can have one to ruin till you learn good stropping techniques and can afford a better one. And, please, my handle is Razorfeld, no i in it and one one word. A name is an identity and I'm ego proud of mine. Thanks!

[QUOTE=Razorfeld;1278897 And, please, my handle is Razorfeld, no i in it and one one word. A name is an identity and I'm ego proud of mine. Thanks![/QUOTE]
LOL! That explains alot. No worries, razorfeld.

Thanks Siguy and Razorfeld, I will read and watch, and watch and read then when I am ready... I will prepare....

Hi and welcome. I have a few Bengalls and theu are quality shavers. Good luck and if you need help just ask. Ed

Thanks, it's really nice to see that the SR I chose based on it 'looking very cool' seems to be a razor appreciated by others. I've read good things about the folks running the site I got it from so hopefully it will be nicely honed.

I am getting increasingly excited for that first sideburn to jawline shave!

All the kit is here! I will take some pictures and will log my shaves!