A traveller, a reader and now a SR shaver...

Hey y'all!

I'm 33, a software engineer currently living in Seattle. A few months ago I switched from shaving with a DE safety razor to using a cheapo shavette type razor with replaceable blades. I love my badger brush, and the smell of pre-shave oil and soap. I enjoy the tingly feeling of applying alum block as an aftershave. Wet shaving took me on the first step from having shaving as a chore, to having it be a morning ritual.

About a month or so ago I went the final step and got a real SR from Larry over at Whipped Dog.

I don't think I'm ever going back to an electric shaving thingamabob, to one of the fancy Gillette shavers or just about anything else.

Nice to be here among you folks!
-i

Wonderful to see you've made the leap. Congrats. Enjoy the wealth o knowledge the site has to offer.

Hey, WhoAmI. Welcome to Straight Razor Place. :chapeau

Hi & welcome to SRP. You will see topics at the top of the page you can click on. The Library is where you will find a lot of good useful information. Any questions, just ask.
Good luck!

Welcome to SRP! There is a meet up in Seattle on Sept 19th if you are interested: http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...t-meet-up.html

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to SRP!
Make sure you check out the beginner's section in the library.

Welcome to an Older But Better Way of Shaving!

I'm in Walla Walla and as has been said, there will be a Seattle Meet in September. Please try to make it as you will learn more in a few hours than you will in months of reading and watching videos! Trust me as I speak from experience.

Please keep reading the beginners section as that will allow you to have a knowledge base when you get to the meet and become introduced to some very knowledgeable guys.

I won't be able to make it but I really wish I could! There will be some great guys there with lots of knowledge and experience!

Again, Welcome! Let me know if there is anything I can do for you!

Roy

Welcome!
I was lurking for a long while before joining.. learned so much while lurking, but have made big steps in a small amount time since I joined this great group of SR enthusiasts. The information available is staggering! So much to learn but it's been fun.. always ask, everyone here has been really helpful for me.
See you on the forum
MikeT

Hi and welcome. Any questions feel free to ask. As said try to get to the meet. You can learn a lot real quick and guy's usually bring stuff along so you will be able to check some stuff out as well.

Hey everyone! I'll definitely be joining you at the meet, and as you can see, I've already started working hard on doing other stuff with razors: My first scales ever....

Welcome!

I have to wonder if you're getting less of that tingly feeling from the alum after your switch. I've noticed that as my technique has gotten better, I'm getting less and less of that. I'll know I have it all together when I don't feel that tingle at all.

G'day I, welcome to the forum. I started off as a wet shaver from day one myself, many years ago now, but not as many as many others here. I'm not that old yet! Had a few forays into enemy territory of the cart and electric. Always managed to return relatively unscathed by the experience (Well not so much by the cart heads, but most definitely by those sub standard electrics). You've come to the right place, and you won't hope to meet a nicer bunch of people in cyberspace than here. :)


Mick

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Originally Posted by Moonshae

Welcome!

I have to wonder if you're getting less of that tingly feeling from the alum after your switch. I've noticed that as my technique has gotten better, I'm getting less and less of that. I'll know I have it all together when I don't feel that tingle at all.

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In general - yes. I know that the tingly feeling is a step below "oh darn, I messed up this shave." Most notably: I never really get that feeling on my cheek / sideburn area because that is easy to shave. On the other hand, to the side and low on my neck - that always stings in the almost unpleasant fashion.

I also remember one thing Larry told me when he sold me my first straight: a restored vintage straight is never going to be as sharp as a shavette. I'm not sure I fully agree with the concept. There's certainly a different quality of sharp to a shavette vs a really sharp vintage hunk of metal.

There's so much finesse here that haven't even started to understand.

It's a definite learning curve, but getting started is the biggest hurdle. You are well on your way!

Hello, and welcome aboard!!