Thread: Hello all

Hello Gents,

I hope that every one of you are having a great Friday. My name is Jason Bradshaw and I am extremely thrilled to find such a popular forum of people who share with me a passion for a perfect shave. I have been shaving with a older model Gillette for about 3 months now, and I love it! I have recently decided to take the plunge into straights. As a matter of fact, my first "shave ready" straight razor arrived via snail mail today, and I spent the better part of an hour in the bathroom making every newbie mistake known to man. My face feels like shredded cheese right now. I apologize if I am bringing back distant nightmares for all of the elders reading this.

The "marvellous" invention that arrived in the mail today was a Gold Dollar 208 kit from TheShaveNetwork.com. I purchased it as an inexpensive shave ready razor. First impressions, from a newbie, are not so great. The scales are horribly misaligned, and the blade needed about 120 passes on the crappy strop (came with the kit) before I even thought about putting it to my face. The razor shaves now.

Long story short, I am new, and will be doing alot of reading.