Thread: Greetings from the Great White North!

Originally Posted by Ulricus

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

Welcome to the most friendly, helpful and informative site on the web!!

You will find members here of all different backgrounds, ages and occupations from all corners of the world and all with a quest for more knowledge about using and maintaining a straight razor!

If you take the time to search, 99.9% of your questions can be found in the Library (WIKI) however feel free to ask us about whatever it is that you are wondering about or having a problem with. It does help if you’ve done some research before hand so it narrows the problem down a bit.

The #1 thing about learning and using this Age Old Art, is PATIENCE!! If you don't have patience then you will fail. I've seen it time and time again!

If you can't find a way to be patient, then just walk away/don't spend any money on razors, strops and hones.

HOWEVER! If you can be patient, you will be rewarded a Thousand Times Over

Please listen to the more experienced members. When I was a Newbie and I finally figured something out, I would post about it/respond to others who had questions all the while thinking that I was then an 'expert'. Now I look back and see how ignorant I was!

If there is Anything that I can do to help personally; please contact me and I'll see what I can do for you!

Sanfte Rasur, mein Klingenbruder!

(Smooth Shaving My Brother In Blades)

Roy

Hello, and welcome to SRP!!