Thread: Newbie!

Some great advice around here, welcome aboard!

Hi Travis & welcome to SRP. You'll be happy with whichever razor you get from SRD. Lynn, the owner of this forum is part owner of SRD & he hones & strops each razor before it leaves there so you won't need to hone it on the very first use but after that you will. If you have the bucks, I wold upgrade to the 3" English Bridle strop. That's the way to go. I hope you have been to the Library here where is the place to learn about everything you need to know as a beginner,. You most importantly need to learn to strop first hand. Meanwhile you can practice with an old wide leather belt & a butter knife so that you don't cut a good strop when you get one by accidentally going the wrong way which many of us have done when first starting out. Here's a link to Lynn's YouTube video's if you haven't seen them yet:

https://www.youtube.com/user/LynnSAbrams/videos

If you have any questions, just ask on the forum or feel free to pm me. I'll be more than happy to help out in anyway I can.
Good luck my friend!

Welcome to SRP!

Hi and welcome. Either razor will be fine and both are good quality. A 3 inch strop is helpful when starting out and as said something with medium draw is best to start with. Do plenty of reading or a search and you will find answers to most of your questions but if not feel free to ask. Good luck

Welcome to the forum Travis. The Boker King Cutter is a great razor to start with. As for the strop, a 3" is easier to use than a 21/2" as you won't need to learn to x-stroke, but as already advised, don't spend a fortune on your first. You will almost definitely nick it, possibly so badly you'll ruin it. The most important thing... Enjoy your SR journey! Good luck.

Welcome to SRP

If your ever in the Twin Cities come on over and we can have some honing sessions. I have had about 7 new guys come over since January and helped them get started with honing/stropping etc.
I will send you my contact details via PM. ( Look at the Notifications on the top right of this screen)

Randy Tuttle

Originally Posted by Razorrookie01

Welcome aboard Travis ya might want to check the Ralf Aust.. Love mine

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What he said! Try the Ralf Austs. I have all three brands and while they are all decent, I find that for the money as a new razor from SRD the Aust is my favorite. JMO, though.