Hello everyone,

I've been lurking around here for quite a while, but I've finally decided to make a profile and speak up. I've been wanted to learn how to use a straight razor since I first began to shave, but as I joined the military at 18, I didn't exactly have an hour to shave every morning. In the last couple of months I've transitioned from cartrige razors and gels to more traditional wet shaving with a DE, but I've always known that it was just a stop gap until I picked up a straight. Now that I feel I have a certain amount of consistency in my DE shaves I've ordered a sight unseen razor and poor man's strop kit from Larry at Whipped Dog, and I'm impatiently waiting for it to arrive. I've been reading and doing research and I think it's going to be really difficult to stick to the newbie shaving plan that Lynn suggested in his post about anticipation, but I'll be doing my best. In the mean time, thanks for all the great threads on here, and I'm looking forward to joining the community!

Matlock