Thread: Hello from Massachusetts

Greetings, gentlemen! I've been lurking long enough and decided it's about time I showed my ugly face around here.

I started shaving with a straight razor a few months ago with a new Ralf Aust 5/8 perfectly honed by Lynn at SRD. One shave and I was hooked. That's when the RAD set in. I'm one of you now.

Today, I have a handful of razors in daily rotation:

• The aforementioned Ralf Aust
• A Carl Rob Schaaf "Remus" 5/8
• An Ern Crown and Sword
• A Joseph Fenton & Son "Real Hamburg Ring" 5/8+ (I think it used to be 11/16 or 6/8?)

Along with a few that I picked up that are waiting to be brought back to life with the various hones I've also acquired:

• A hollow ground Wade & Butcher
• A Friedr. Herder Abr. Sohn #45
• A Dubl Duck Pearl Duck Satinwedge (that may be beyond salvation)

Not to mention a Taylor's The Eyewitness 1000 11/16 and a Rudolf Stehlo 7/8 that are slowly making their way to me via international post.

So, yeah -- I'm hooked.

I'm also happy to have found a community of fine gentlemen who, like me, enjoy the singular pleasure of holding a razor-sharp piece of steel to their throats every morning.

It's good to be here.

Rob

Welcome to SRP, Rob! It sounds like you are off to a roaring start.

Welcome to SRP, Rob

Hi and welcome. Be sure to leave room for the other addictions

Welcome. Sounds like you are on the path for sure

Thanks, all!

Welcome. I hope you are warm and safe in the great blizzard!

Greetings Rob, from beautiful snowy Oakham Massachusetts!!
Welcome and enjoy !

Pete <:-}

Welcome neighbor! Sounds like you have quite a collection already! I only have two, with a third on the way. Haven't caught RAD badly yet.

Thanks, Dave. Although I wouldn't exactly call the blizzard "great" in any sense of the word. We get a big one like that every couple of years.