Thread: New guy

Hello everyone.

I have recently become interested in straight razor shaving and this seems like the place to be. I made the mistake of buying a cheap razor to start with and my first try at shaving with it was poor, but that did not discourage me. I recently bought a dovo best quality from straightrazordesigns and have been very happy with it. The difference in the hone of the two razors is tremendous. I have started to get pretty comfortable with using the razor, I did not cut myself on the last two shaves. I have also purchased a set of hones to start learning with. I am going to use the cheap razor to practice with before I try anything else. I have been reading a lot here on the forums and other places trying to gather as much knowledge as possible. I just wanted to say hi and hopefully I can contribute to this site.

Welcome, nice to meet you! Update us on your honing progress I am considering picking up some stones as well.

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Welcome. It's a great place here with good people and good advice. One suggestion, please master all the steps leading up to a shave and all the shaving skills before getting into honing. Since you got your razor from SRD, you have a free re-honing coming. I just sent one I bought in June back for its first re-honing. You won't be getting any hones for the cost of postage back to SRD, so I'd suggest waiting for a while, saving the money you'd spend on hones and maybe pick up another razor so you have a workable rotation of two quality razors.

Hello there and welcome! There is a lot to learn from this forum. Good job on not cutting yourself. I didn't cut myself in the beginning. I started to cut myself after a few shaves though when I wasn't as careful anymore. So attention and respect is key.

Welcome to SRP! Sounds like you are off to blood-free start. Excellent. There's plenty to research here and just ask questions if you don't find what you're looking for.

Hi and welcome. Any questions feel free to ask.

Welcome! Glad you didn't get put off from that first cheap razor and found this place and a quality razor to use now. Enjoy the shaves!