Hello from the Mountains of NC.

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10-02-2015, 06:09 PM
DduckyMark

Hello from the Mountains of NC.

Hi, I started straight shaving when I was a teenager because my Grandpa insisted on making me a MAN. I used a cheap razor from a gun show stropped on a one piece leather strop and sometimes newspaper. I'm sure now that it had a terrible edge. I grew a beard when my oldest was born and only shaved it off for a short time when I was in the Army but I used a cheap disposable like everyone else did. I grew back my beard after I was out of the Army and just recently in the last few months started shaving with a DE safety razor. I'm trying to return to the straight and found this site searching for advice on hones.

I'm a very active member on another shaving forum and I hope that I'm accepted here as strongly as I was there.
10-02-2015, 07:31 PM
Leatherstockiings

Hello, Mark. Welcome to Straight Razor Place!
10-02-2015, 08:21 PM
criswilson10

Welcome to SRP! - from the mountains of SC
10-02-2015, 11:09 PM
eddy79

Hi and welcome aboard. If you get stuck at all just ask everyone will help you out. Good luck getting started again
10-02-2015, 11:29 PM
Haroldg48

Welcome from the soggy for the moment eastern most part of your state!
10-03-2015, 12:23 AM
Michael70

Hello Mark. I lived in Weaverville for 14 years almost before moving back to my home town. Welcome and which town exactly are you in?
10-03-2015, 01:37 AM
engine46

Hi Mark & welcome to SRP. I don't see why you can't be a member here. There is a wealth of information here so click on anything you can click on & it will take you to a land beyond.................
Any questions, just ask!
Good luck my friend.
10-03-2015, 01:41 AM
MikeT

Welcome! It is astonishing how helpful people are here. I'm sure you will find yourself at home.
Don't ever hesitate to ask.. Always ask, some guys are good at some things others other things, few are good at everything, so there's no shame in asking.
I'm great with wood, okay with steel, but have miles to go with honing! And so it's a great place! :)
10-03-2015, 02:45 AM
DduckyMark

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael70

Hello Mark. I lived in Weaverville for 14 years almost before moving back to my home town. Welcome and which town exactly are you in?

I'm in Burnsville just north of Weaverville.
10-03-2015, 02:56 PM
Willisf

Howdy Mark and WELCOME to SRP!

I used to live in Rock Hill, SC and visited the mountains a fair bit.
Beautiful area in the mountains!
10-03-2015, 03:55 PM
greatbolo

Hi Mark Winston-Salem here - welcome
10-03-2015, 07:16 PM
Michael70

Quote:

Originally Posted by DduckyMark

I'm in Burnsville just north of Weaverville.

Awesome! Very familiar with Burnsville.
10-03-2015, 08:39 PM
MisterMoo

Greetings from Lizard Lick by way of Wilkes County. Come by. ;)
10-03-2015, 09:29 PM
nipper

Hello Mark,
Welcome to SRP. There is a ton of knowledge and experience here. We share information with each other all the time. Always glad to have another North Carolinian.
... Nipper