Thread: UK member hello!

Hello,

I am a new member here. I have been traditional wet shaving for a little of the year. I have recently made the transition from DE/SE to straight razor shaving. I have been active on other forums but apparently this is the best for straight razors so as I have made the jump thought I would join here.

The leap to straights has so far been a successful one with only one or two nicks. I have put together a few straights so far.

I am am a massive fan of shaving soaps particularly those with Orange scents or sweet notes. I have tried a huge number of soaps on this journey so far and have whittled it down to about 15 of my true favourites. However I am a sucker for anything new. I also love pre shaves as I think they really do work.

Anyway, I hope that I can learn from you guys.

Welcome to SRP, from another UK member.
It sounds as if you are off to an excellent start.
Have you tried the Mike's Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper soap?

Hi and welcome to the forum, nice to see yet another UK member.

Originally Posted by Optometrist

Welcome to SRP, from another UK member.
It sounds as if you are off to an excellent start.
Have you tried the Mike's Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper soap?

I have indeed, I am a big fan of artisans especially Mikes. I think he is one of the best out there.

Hello and welcome, there seems to be more of us Uk members than I first thought.

Hi welcome to the SRP I think I may have seen one or two of your posts over on the UK TSR forum, talking of orange scents I've just picked up some L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger Edt shower gel and aftershave balm.

The traditional shaving resurgence isn't as big in the UK as it is in the US but there is still quite a few of us. In my opinion, we as british love to hang on to tradition and it is very apparent on UK shaving forums. If we wanted it to become a bigger thing it would have to be more attractive to younger generations (like me). I think the U.S. artisans can help with this, unfortunately, as good as they are, companies like TOBS, Harris, Truffit and Trumpers are a little stuck in tradition.
It is a hard one because we are "traditional wet shaving" after all.

Welcome to the forum WindsorCitrus. My addiction is for everything patchouli. Never tried the Orange scents. Where exactly are you in the UK?

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Hi welcome to the SRP I think I may have seen one or two of your posts over on the UK TSR forum, talking of orange scents I've just picked up some L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger Edt shower gel and aftershave balm.

Haha yes I did a post on some of the orange scents I have tried. TSR is a great little forum, unfortunately the traffic flow of new post is minimal.

What's the balm like? I was looking at that recently.

Originally Posted by wayne394

Welcome to the forum WindsorCitrus. My addiction is for everything patchouli. Never tried the Orange scents. Where exactly are you in the UK?

South London, you should try Soapy Bathman Orange and Patchouli, new artisan on the scene very nice.
Or if your a cream lover, St James of London Manderin and Patchouli is also popular.