I stumbled across this site while looking for a less wasteful method to shave. I usually used cartridges but decided they were very expensive and wasteful. Last year I got an electric and have hated it for most of the past year. So I have decided to give straight razor shaving a try. I have read quite a bit of the library here and much of the forums. I ordered a blade from ebay just to mess with making scales and practice honing with. Turns out that the blade, while being a little beat up and modified from its original form, is a decent piece of steel. I'll do a separate post on this. Before it arrived I ordered two more razors one of which is supposedly shave ready. That way I can get straight into shaving while I play with the others. Currently I am waiting on my brush and soap to try out my first shave. I look forward to my first shave and hopefully many more to come.

Thanks,

Dave