Thread: Happy to have found SRP!

Hello and welcome.
I started with a shavette on a whim, then found this site, and then switched to a straight about 4 months later. Thanks to the razor burn and nicks of learning a shavette, I had very few problems switching to the straight. Take it slow, check out the library, and definitely get some witch hazel and a styptic pencil before your first shave. The pre shave oil is a good until you learn how to build lather, Poraso is a good soap that works well, the brush is a good starter as well.

Obviously, feel free to post any questions you have. Everyone on this forum is nice, helpful, and knowledgeable.

I think there is also an Atlanta wet shavers group so you might be able to find someone to walk you through a shave. A little bit of time with someone is worth hours of online reading and watching.

Welcome! I'm new here myself and I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one with spontaneous impulse urges to start straight shaving haha! I've only been on here a few days and have learned a ton from browsing the forums. Sounds like a pretty good starter set up to me too. Good luck!

Welcome and don't be surprised if you start buying a lot of stuff. If you don't, we will all be surprised.

Thanks for all the warm welcomes! I've started putzin' around the library and wow there is alot of well written informative information there. I've checked out the "beginners guide to straight razor shaving", "buying a beginners set on a budget" and "First Straight Razor Shave". From the other areas I've glanced at I've started to pickup on theres alot that goes into a straight blade which makes them different, I had no idea and probably more to come. At any rate I'm going to start looking into the whole new lathering concept info over the can experience I know :P. I've seen some videos and such and noticed some differing techniques. One that I've seen on several videos is where the person puts a smudge of soap/cream on the brush and lathers it directly on the face. So that got me thinking what does the bowl bring to the table? I see several references to it being optional but if anyone would give me some highlights that would be much appreciated.Thanks in advance!

Well, it looks like I still have almost a week before all my gear starts to show up in the mail :P. Just enough to help me with not rushing into to realize I should read more

Oh yea almost forgot, Styptic Pencil and Witch Hazel - Check