Thread: Hello Everybody

Hey all,

I'm David from Des Moines, Iowa. I've been lurking around the site for a little while now after becoming interested in straight razor shaving. I picked up a Dovo Shavette to get a sense of how straight razor shaving would go without much startup cost and have been using that for a bit. I've enjoyed that so I'm starting to look at getting an actual straight and jumping in. It looks like these forums are going to provide a great wealth of information for me and I look forward to being part of the community.

David

Welcome David, I am sure you will find shaving with a straight both a pleasure and a challenge.
You will find all the help you might need here.

Hi and welcome. Having used a shavette the transition will be much easier but there will still be a bit of learning needed. Any thing you want to know can be found here and if you have any questions or problems just ask and someone will help you out. Any questions feel free to ask and good luck.

hi there david, welcome! when you take the leap into straights theres no turning back! that's a good thing though check out the library up top if you havnt yet and get a good sense of the other essentials needed. a strop being the only thing you are yet lacking I presume? the getting of a straight and a strop go hand in hand, a must for success in starting to use straights. enjoy!

Yeah I just need to get a strop. I bought a razor off the classifieds and I'm looking at this Fromm strop. I've heard it's pretty highly recommended. Looking forward to the razor coming in now.

cool, what kind/brand of razor did you end up choosing? post some pics in the "show and tell" section of the gallery forum when you get the razor in, and give us a shave report!

Hey David-
I'm in Iowa City. Was your classifieds razor listed as "shave ready"? If not we'll get her honed up. Let me know if I can help!

I went ahead and got the Tuscora Razor. It's a 5/8 listed as shave ready. He said it was honed about 2 months ago and it just needs a strop. I couldn't find much information on that razor but I'm on a college budget and it looked pretty good. Plus the seller has a lot of positive feedback so I figured it'd be alright to start with. Thanks for the warm welcome everybody.

Hello, and welcome to SRP.