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    Default Greetings from Maryland.

    Hello, I'm Glory from Maryland. I have been reading up on straight razors and "wet" shaving for sometime now, and I decided to make the jump from my mach 37 ultra lady leg shaver to a shavette (Parker) to begin with and most recently purchased a used Premier Professional X98 (not sure of all details, Made in Germany...this is a question for the forum at a later time) straight razor. I'm still awaiting a strop from my local barber and a good honing for the old lass.

    I'm here to learn from the old heads, and young mature the art of straight razors in all its glory.

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    You are either a secretary by trade or this was a hell of a copy/paste into. Either way, I'm impressed, thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glory View Post
    You are either a secretary by trade or this was a hell of a copy/paste into. Either way, I'm impressed, thanks.
    I've typed so many greetings to new people that I wrote one up & saved it to use for later use & i can go in there & change it up according to what the new member says in their introduction. Great to have you here! Ha, ha, I'm no secretary by all means.
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    Thank you for the welcome and myriad of information. I'm just catching up on reading in the forums. Quite a collection of knowledge, jargon etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glory View Post
    Thank you for the welcome and myriad of information. I'm just catching up on reading in the forums. Quite a collection of knowledge, jargon etc.
    I went back & changed it to links of the pages..............
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    I'm perusing through the links now. This is a lot of useful info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glory View Post
    I'm perusing through the links now. This is a lot of useful info.
    I'm glad you like it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by engine46 View Post
    I'm glad you like it!
    I never heard of the straight razor you mentioned but Lynn, the owner & founder of this website is also part owner of Straight Razor Designs & they sell everything needed for shaving. The very first option to click on when you go to their site is things for the Ladies. If you ever do buy a new straight razor, they have some good deals plus Lynn personally hones each razor before it goes out & you also get a certificate for a free honing for when your straight needs it, usually around 3 months later. You can practice how to strop with an old wide belt & a butter knife just to get used to it. The stropping is the most important you really need to know as i mentioned in my first post. One bad stroke can dull an edge. Another thing which I probably mentioned is that you will eventually want to get a second straight razor for when you send one out to be honed. You're doing the right thing by researching everything you need to know.

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    As soon as the old lady lets me, I'll be buying a second razor and it'll be the first place I look. I'll try the butter knife/,belt practice.
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    Glory-

    Welcome aboard from a fellow Marylander! You've come to the right place for all your SR inquiries. The members here are without a doubt the friendliest and most helpful--Anytime I had a question within minutes I had a helpful reply.

    Wish I could buy the whole forum a cold one!!!

    Marty E.
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