Thread: Hello from Seattle

Originally Posted by JeffR

Welcome to the group, SeattleShaver!
73,
Jeff

Thanks Jeff.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Great timing to be a new SR shaver from Seattle hehehe

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...t-meet-up.html


Hope to see ya at Fado's on the 19th

Wow! Sounds good. It's nice to know it's possible to really meet some people, face to face..........

Originally Posted by SteveA

Welcome! I'm a newbie from Seattle too. I hope to see you at Fado's.

-Steve

Thanks Steve. I have to work that day but I'm going to try and make it and be there for a few hours before I go in to work. Hope to meet you there.

Originally Posted by Moonshae

Welcome!

Starting with a DE helps a lot; you learn about shaving angle and pressure, and working up a proper lather with a brush. Switching to a SR is easier when there's less new stuff to learn and worry about.

Straight Razor Designs has some great razor/strop combos that make the strop nearly free. Additionally, each razor is professionally honed to shave readiness, and there are no junk razors for sale. Alternatively, you can buy a used razor from the Classifieds here (avoid eBay for now) and then buy a strop from SRD or elsewhere.

Get a decent, mid-range strop. Avoiding expensive ones at first will save you a lot of heartache when you're learning and nick your strop (or worse).

Thanks for the advice Moon.

Originally Posted by MattCB

Hope to see you at the meet up on the 19th.

Thanks Matt. Hope to meet you.

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

Welcome! Agree with AlanQ on the patience. Slow is good with this pasttime. Read and watch a lot before you buy, so you know what you're getting. It will help a lot, and you don't need to go overboard with purchasing multiples of everything early (which some of us did).

I'll certainly take that to heart and do my best to practice my patience. Thank you Harold.

Greetings Seattle, welcome! I've spent a little bit of time there years ago and it's one of my favorite cities in the whole wide world. Careful with RAD, I hear it bites hard.... I've managed to avoid it somewhat, but HAD is strong with me. Win some, lose some, hey.

Welcome to SRP!! You certainly have a great start going and plenty of great information here already so I'll just say +1 on making it to the Seattle Shavecon... You can learn more at a Meet in a few hours than you can months of Online Research!

Welcome, I started with a DE myself, and now have many DE's & straights. Not really RAD yet, but close. Hope you enjoy your new hobby.

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Here is another interesting link you might want to check out if you haven't seen it yet:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...icipation.html

Good luck my friend.