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Howdy just wanted to introduce myself, my name is sean I live in garden grove ca, I have 2 straight razors that were givin to me by my dad before he passed away nearly 20 ago, one an edgemark he had sense the late 70s and a dovo that he got in the early 90s, I've always wanted to start using them but never knew where to get started till lately, thank you for adding me, I know I'll learn a lot here, thanks for any and all the help!
Love me the yotas.
Welcome to SRP! I think you'll enjoy it here.
My first and best advise, as the SR fever grips, will be to send out the razors for a pro-honing from the same honer. Shave with one and set the other aside(for a little while, at least), to compare with the current edge of your shaving razor.
Great help is, sometimes, self-help. Check out and read the top level of the site on the left where it says "Helpful Links". Treasure trove, I tell ya. There is a Library as well. Oh, and there's videos ;) This site has single handedly made it possible for someone aspiring to shave with a straight razor to succeed!
Kind Regards,
Simon
Let me add that finding a Senior Member near you that would be willing (most are) to sit down with you for a one on one session(s) will add a great deal of info to your education. If you go to Membership (under the Community) at the top of the page, click search members, advanced, and enter locales near you a list of members will come up. Look at the ones with the most current posting times and PM them to see if they can, or know of another member, that can assist you. Unfortunately, you are currently the only member in your city and there aren't any Mentors nearby that I am aware of.
Give it a try, hands on only enriches any reading you will be doing.
Hi and welcome. As said get those razors pro honed. You have the razors but do you have a strop, brush and soap. They are the basics for getting started. Any questions feel free to ask.
Welcome. If I may offer the suggestion that you should perhaps find a nice inexpensive razor to learn with and save your heirloom pieces for when you have finished dropping them and rolling the edges while stropping. They are great to have and use, perhaps just not really for learning. There is no doubt that with a pro hone you should be able to discover why your father used a straight. The gold standard in shaving for a really really long time.
Welcome to SRP, Sean.
Welcome to the forum!
There is a lot of good information here. Good luck with your new hobby.
Sean, I am in Diamond Bar , about 20 min away. We have an active group in So Cal and do a lot of informal meets.
PM me and we can meet or you can shoot me the razors and we’ll get you shaving shortly.
For those that don’t know So Cal is not, that spread out, and you can get from the mountains to the sea in about an hour without traffic, with traffic…
Euclid440, thanks for stepping up and letting him know there is a Mentor near him. If I may suggest, get your name on the Local Help List in the Library. When I looked for a Mentor near him I found California not listed at all. PM gugi of Bruno would probably get it done.
Yea, just checked that list… a lot of states are pretty thin. Perhaps we should put out a call to see who else wants to be on it.
I know there are a lot more guys available, than are listed.
I’ll talk with the So Cal guys and we’ll add some names soon.
Marty
Marty, much appreciated. Will make everyone's lives a lot easier to have a fuller list.
Welcome to the forum
Hi Sean & welcome to SRP. You will most importantly need to know how to use a strop but if you get with Euclid440, he'll be able to show you the ropes so to say. It's great he offered to help.
I have noticed a few states that aren't listed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Euclid440
Hi guys thanks, me and my brother inlaw met with a group today from the forum for honing meet and had one razor sharpened and got to practice on my other razor to get the feel for sharpening, needless to say I hooked and I'm gonna be putting together a honing set so I can get better, I used my dovo that one of the guys sharpened for me( im bad at names, i forget his user name on here but if you see this, thanks man, it works great!)it worked great, I can't wait till I can shave again, I'll ask questions when I can think of some, I'm here to learn so ill be doing a lot of reading and video research, I hope I get to meet more people from this forum, thanks guys!!
It was a pleasure to meet you and hope we can meet up again. I'm bad at names too but working on it! Shane here, and glad that Dovo felt nice. Seemed like it took a good edge. Talk to you soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by SR5yota
I looked into the library and the beginner's guide and could not find the local help list. I did not find it until I did a google search for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorfeld
That makes me suspect that it is not as readily available for beginners as it might be.
Utopian, discussion is underway to make it more visible and useful.
Yea, we had a good time, Marty/Euclid440, Shane/Royalcake, Jerry/10pups & Zack/Voidmonster.
You and Dan/ludwigdan caught on pretty quick, honing a couple of razors each on stones and film.
Hopefully trying out some different stone, you will have a good idea of what the different stones feel like and performance you can expect.
It was a perfect So California day in the High 70’s just a stone’s throw from the beach. We honed under an umbrella on Shane’s patio table in the backyard.
Shane fed us tacos and we had a great time. Zack brought some new acquisition of great old steel as usual.
Was a great day, glad you enjoyed it, thanks Shane for hosting.
Looking forward to a 2015 meet tenativly scheduled for 4/26/15.
Marty.
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Marty you're always behind the camera! I'll take some next time.
It was a great time. Gotta do it more often. Looking forward to a spring meet!
Shane
Nice!
We had warm weather at the meet-up at my place last week too! I think the high was 34F!
Glad you had a great meet! Gotta do something up here in Oregon one of these days.
Loved the way the awning reflected on the blades. In some cases looked like Damascus steel.
Welcome to SRP!
Welcome aboard! If you ever get a chance to meet with Euclid440, you'll be in good hands. Videos are good, but nothing beats hands on experience.
Welcome! Lived in Garden Grove from 1962-1972 and went to La Quinta High School. Big time Angels fan too!Quote:
Originally Posted by SR5yota
Aw man! That was so much fun! Thank you guys so much for that flood of knowledge! Great picks too, there were some incredible razors there to feast our eyes!
Welcome to SRP, Sean!
