Greetings from Washington state. I've been lurking around the forum for about the last two months, trying to learn as much as possible from newbies and the veterans and trying to work up the courage to make the leap into SR shaving. I've been using cartridges since I was 15 and am sick of the razor burn and crappy shaves. I took the first step into wet shaving and purchased pre-shave oil, shave cream, after shave and a brush from the Art of Shaving. Couldn't be more excited to get started.