Thread: new from iowa

That is something I could use some information on .....
what is a good starter strop on the cheaper side I don't need anything fancy lol

Welcome aboard from another newbie. You are in the right place....there is a wealth of good advice and information plus plenty of members to help you along the way. Enjoy!

Use your poor man till it won't work from any bad stuff happening ,my hen if budget is an issue SRD. Has sone inexpensive , but very good strops that you can always change the leather if you damage or if you want to try a different material. Tc

Already responded to a few of your threads but here is my official "welcome"!

Had another good shave today still not up for a fools pass but besides that getting better on the neck and chin!
also I guess I'm stroping correctly ....still have a sharp blade lol !!

Excellent! It will get better every time. It takes a couple of weeks for the brain to re-wire for a new task involving eye-hand coordination, but you will continue to improve for a much longer time than that.

It has been a lot better than I could have hoped for already!!

Welcome and congrats to wet shaving. I spent a day with Utopian and learned much. Then I had to unlearn my bad habits from going it alone. If you can find the time to meet with him and others it will cut down on the learning curve. This gets you better consistent results. Listen to what these folks say, not always how they say it. They are all great guys things dont always translate perfect from email to verbiage.

Welcome to SRP

If you can get together with either mainaman or utopian. Both are heavy duty on the experience side. Your learning curve will be shortened considerably.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Welcome to SRP

If you can get together with either mainaman or utopian. Both are heavy duty on the experience side. Your learning curve will be shortened considerably.

Ding, Ding, Ding.
Helped me so much it isnt even funny.
I would drive 500 miles easy to spend a day with either of them together, and Rons microscope , Randys feel and hands on approach.This is the the real deal. Never met 6guns or Lynn but I would equate it with that. What I learned and was taught to feel, will be with me for life. You just cant teach that in an email or video.
This education is priceless. If all of these a fore mentioned men stopped today. SR would drop off precipitately.