Hi everyone,

My name is Mike and I have been DE shaving for about 3 months or so and decided to give straights a try. I am just seeking my first one to tryout. I did give a shavette one try so far and lets say it could have been better.

I am from Michigan born and lived here all my life, I am 52 now and married for 29 years with two sons. One is 28 years old and the other one is 24 years old. I mainly worked in the Quality Control area all my life in manufacturing places til I got laid off in 2008. Now I am semi-retired but would still like to work at least part time if I could find one. I also used to have my own computer repair/training/consulting business that I did on the side when I was working and full time when I wasn't. I still like to dabble in that and play with other Operating systems and still have some clients have been with me for a long time so they still call me up but I dont do too much of it nowadays! I also was a big time golfer and enjoyed that so much I bought into a golf store for a short time but now I dont get out much at all. I also used to collect and buy/sell/trade of Swiss Army Knives, Leatherman multitools, single blade folders like Spyderco, ZT, Chris Reeve and others. I used to have a bunch of sharpening gear to keep my knives all sharp but since they dont see the use as they did, I moved most of it along to people that will use them!

Now my attention has been shaving! I cant imagine how different DE was from ye ol' cartridge shaves! Unbelievable, like nite and day!

Thx. for letting me ramble and I hope to learn from this site and the members here as time goes by. I look forward to chatting with everyone and discovering/learning things I dont know. Always have the need for knowledge!!

Mike