Thread: hello

just introducing myself to the site, new member. Good day to all. In process of moving from replaceable blade straight to true straights.

Welcome to SRP.
Is your home Sheffield, England? Nothing like living where so much happened in our hobby.

Welcome to SRP! You're gonna love this place. There is so much to absorb like a sponge here. Just go to the Library here & start at the beginning. Get yourself a nice well made straight razor whether new or used but if you buy a used one, make sure you know what to look for in a used straight razor. If new is what you want, I suggest going to the Straight Razor Designs & start with the Ralph Aust razor or pick one out yourself. Straight Razor Designs is partly owned by this forum founder Lynn. If you buy a straight razor & strop set, Lynn will hone the razor so that when you get it, it will for sure be ready to go. Many places offer a shave ready straight razor but when the buyer gets it, it won't be shave ready. Some places WILL sell a shave ready straight but you would have to know who does. When you buy the set from SRD, it WILL be shave ready plus you'll get a certificate for another free honing when it is due for it, which will be a long time as long as you learn to strop it right. You can learn to strop in the Library or here:
Razor stropping - Straight Razor Place Library
For now you can practice stropping with an old wide belt if you have one you don't use anymore & a butterknife because if you try to learn on a new strop with a straight razor, you will accidentally cut the leather which is something you don't want to do. Since you are new to this, I suggest you buy Lynn's dvd which shows how to strop, hone, shave, restore & of course he shows his collection which is nice. You can also watch videos on here on how to strop & how to hone. There are some youtube videos on straight razor shaving. There might even be some on here but I haven't looked into the shaving part on here. I have Lynn's dvd & I love it. If you buy the new Razor & strop set, there's an option to buy the dvd there. There is a wealth of information on here & a lot of knowledgable people here that will answer questions you might have. If you really get into it & start buying razors, you will develop RAD, a thing we call "razor acquisition disorder" because a man can never have enough razors. I have several hundred! : )
I have a collection of a lot of older razors, some of which date back to the late 1700's. One of them might possibly be in the 1750's-1760's. It's a fun hobby along with know how to shave with a straight. Do lots of research & have fun doing it!
Steve

Welcome. There is a lot of information here in the library and on the forum. The search function is pretty effective. There is also a lot of friendly and knowledgeable people.

Welcome to SRP!
As others have mentioned, start reading in the library and if you have any questions ask us.

Welcome to SRP it truly is a great place and a better bunch of guys you will not find.

Originally Posted by rolodave

Welcome to SRP.
Is your home Sheffield, England? Nothing like living where so much happened in our hobby.

Wait a minute this is a hobby? Oh crap I have looking at this the wrong way.

Yah...what he said !!!!!!!

Welcome aboard.

Hi and welcome. Any questions feel free to ask