New Member From Oklahoma

Hi guys,

My name is Bryan, and I'm born and raised in Oklahoma. I'm 24 and recieved my first straight razor today from the man him self, Lynn Abrams, ordered it from Straight Razor Designs along with their Premium I strop. I actually didn't shave for a couple days in anticipation of the shave. When I got home today I did what you guys don't recommend and shaved my whole face. Took me a while but came out very smooth faced and with no cuts at all (pretty proud of that too!!). Anyways the razor I'm workin with is the Dovo Best Quality 5/8 hollow grind round tip. Loved it but it is definitely different to shave with a razor than a cartridge type. The feeling of it actually working is really cool. So that's my newb story.

Welcome and congratulations on you decision to use a SR., your choice in purchasing one from SRD and your success. Slow is good until you develop good muscle memory. Concentrate on stropping correctly and taking your time with your prep and lather, and you will have many more great shaves!

Howdy Bryan!
What part of the state?

Welcome. There is a bit to learn, and this is a good spot to pic up information. There is the forum and the search engine that will get you just about anything you need to know. sometimes it is ard to find the answer if you are not really sure about the question. There are many sharing people here when you need an answer.

Welcome to SRP, Bryan

Hi and welcome. Good luck with your shaves and any questions feel free to ask

Welcome to the SRP Forum! :)

Congratulations on your first shave and progress!

Here is a link that will help you find other SRP members in your area, just insert your location and hit search now. Note that the user name listing in red is a mentor, if you should need any personal help.

Here is a link to the SRP Library. This will help you with pretty much anything relating to shaving with a straight razor.

Welcome to the world of straight razor shaving!

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Welcome to the SRP Forum and Family.

We have some great Mentors in OK - and I suspect they will be chiming in shortly.
A few hours with one of the Mentors will save you months of time in the learning process.

It's much easier to learn how to use a Straight when your razor is always in top form.
But when you have to learn everything from scratch, keeping your edge perfect is hard to do.
One of the skills that a Mentor can help you with in short order is stropping and edge care.

Smooth Shaving...

Hello and welcome to SRP.
Great intro'.
You've come to the right place.
Now you can S.LA.M.!!!:rock:

Welcome to the forum

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Howdy Bryan!
What part of the state?

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Southeastern, around McAlester or Ada area.

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Originally Posted by Mathis1990

Southeastern, around McAlester or Ada area.

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Welcome to SRP first of all! Second, I'm not far at all from you...I'm from the Hugo/Grant area. Third, I've learned a thing or two about straight razors...how could I be of service?

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

Welcome to SRP first of all! Second, I'm not far at all from you...I'm from the Hugo/Grant area. Third, I've learned a thing or two about straight razors...how could I be of service?

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My wife actually has family in Hugo!

As as far as help goes I can't really figure out how to do my against the grain on my neck. Down is good up is good but going across to get the inside of those hollows just stumps me. Sometimes I can get part of it but there is no good positioning for either of my hands to get it. Although going across from my right side to my left side is better accomplished with my left hand (right hand dominant). Any thoughts?

To be honest, the best way for me to help you is to see you actually shave. Come on down!

That swirly patch by the adams apple is tough to get it all right. I look at shaving as a beard reduction program, where by the third pass I should have it all reduced to nothing. Most of the time it all goes just as planned, sometimes there may be a little left over that I notice when applying aftershave...oh well, till next time. On my neck, I go one pass from north to south, the second and third are pretty much south to north. It's facial contortions and stretching that is the key to getting all the whiskers mowed down...besides of course having a sharp razor.

So basically I'm on the right track it's just figuring out how to contort myself and stretch that portion of skin just right. I can get everything except to the right of my Adam's apple to BBS but that one spot is tricky lol. Thank you for your help and kinda confirming what I was thinking!

Hi, Bryan, and welcome aboard!!