Hello from Los Angeles California

Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm brand spanking new here, haven't even lurked. I found this place originally because I nicked my blade and needed help. I'm probably going to stick around for a while because of how amazingly informative and helpful this place is. I've always been curious about straight razor shaving ever since I ran into a AOS ad a few years back. Finally pulled the trigger on the purchase about a month ago. The first couple shaves were kind of rough, and bloody, haha. But i'm able to get BBS shaves every time now. Now I'm just trying to find out what products work best for me. I don't think I'll ever need another blade. My current TI 5/8 is working super good. Easy cuts and no irritation. I'm looking forward to making it out to some looking meets whenever they pop up.

Hello, dngrspapercut! Welcom to Straight Razor Place.
It sound like you are off to a good start. Keep on Keeping on. Meetups are very informative and hopefully you will be able to attend one.

Welcome to the forum...I don't think I'll ever need another blade...are you sure about that, never say ever, you will need great will power to succeed Jedi :jedi:

Welcome from southern California. SRP is a great place!

Welcome to the forum...TI's are very nice blades...and if you can resist the RAD, all the power to you....razor's are like women and potato chips, you can't just have one! :o

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Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm brand spanking new here, haven't even lurked.

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Hello dngrspapercut and welcome to SRP
You are going to like it here.

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I don't think I'll ever need another blade.

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I think you get the picture.......

Hi & welcome to SRP! It's great to see a new member always join the group, especially if you have already started on this great venture. I'm so sorry to hear that you nicked your blade & i hope it isn't too bad. You can send it out to a pro & get it fixed back to good working order if it is only a nick. It would be a good idea to get you a second straight in case something like this happens or if you have to send one out to be honed, you still have a spare to shave with. I hope you have learned to strop well because if shaving with a straight, stropping is the most important thing to know. You can practice using a butter knife so that you don't cut a good strop up but being that you are most likely using one, it doesn't hurt to practice. I hope you have yourself a good strop. Straight Razor Designs is a good place to buy a nice one since they have replacement leather for their strops. You might even want to learn to hone but you can wait for that later down the road. If not, you can always send it out to be honed by a professional honemeister & you'll get it back in shave ready condition. The TI is a great shaver, especially the older ones. I love the older ones myself. It's good to have you here, you enjoy it here, especially one you start interacting with other members. Good luck my friend.

Hi and welcome. Good luck resisting all the addictions

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Originally Posted by dngrspapercut

... I don't think I'll ever need another blade. My current TI 5/8 is working super good. Easy cuts and no irritation. I'm looking forward to making it out to some looking meets whenever they pop up.

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First you tell yourself that you need a spare razor as backup while the other one gets honed. Next you see a razor on ebay that everyone has mentioned for a decent price.

Before you know it you have a collection. Good luck on keeping it a small collection. :angel:

Welcome to SRP! :)

Yay another SoCal person. Welcome to the forum.

I've been tempted to look at other blades, but honestly the edge is so smooth on my TI right now, I don't think anything will get any better than this. After I chipped my razor and got it rehoned, the difference in shave quality is pretty much night and day. I can almost shave dry with minimal irritation right now. And just to be clear, the blade didn't come from the store like that. I hope the edge holds and stays that way for a while before I need to send it back out to be honed again. I did some research and apparently my blade is using TI's C135 steel which is supposed to be a good quality steel. As long as I perfect my stropping technique, the edge should hold. I am kind of curious about the big heavy blades though. I have this notion in my head that for some reason, a heavier blade would be easier to shave with due to the weight.

I'm more interested in different creams and soaps now than I am with blades. The trick is accumulating a decent sample of products without throwing my bank account off balance. haha. Any recommendations you guys might have are extremely welcome. Tell me about your favorite products and I'll give them a whirl. Thanks for the warm welcome guys.