Thread: Hello from Portland, Oregon

After 52 years of wet shaving with DE's and SE's, I shaved with a straight for the first time today. I participate in SOTD on two other forums, and just couldn't stand seeing such beautiful straights any longer without trying one. Although I only did one pass WTG, it went surprisingly well, without weepers or irritation. I'm thinking that shaving with a Streamline and a Cobra might have helped with blade angle and pressure, or rather lack of it. I've also gleaned a lot of initial information from this terrific forum, and looking forward to learning from such a knowledgeable group.

Congrats on you first straight razor shave! Welcome to SRP.

Welcome to a new part of the addiction. Glad to see another PNW member.

Congrats, and hi,and welcome to SRP.

Welcome from Talent!Glad to hear your first try went well.

Hi and welcome. Congrats on the shave success

Welcome from Forest Grove. Nice to see another SRP member close by.

Welcome to SRP! Definitely +1 on nice to see another PNW Member! Our Clan is pretty large I think! Just to give you a heads up, there is a Meet coming up in Yakima, WA in May and you can check out the details here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...et-yakima.html

... Meets are great ways to get together and learn first-hand and have an essentially captive audience to bounce ideas off and ask questions of.

There has also been discussion about a Seattle Area Meet and that link is here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...-location.html

and here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...ttle-meet.html

Best of luck in your Shave Journey and hope you continue to have a lot of fun as you are already bringing to the table a lot of skills from previous experience!

Shawn
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Thanks so much for the information Shawn. I'm enjoying the journey a great deal.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Welcome from Forest Grove. Nice to see another SRP member close by.

Thanks, Razorfeld. We are close by as my office is near St. Vincent's.