Hello from the great white north!!

Hello all. My name is Steve hailing from Newmarket, Ontario, and I like many here am new to straight razor shaving. Just ordered my first bit of kit and can't wait for it to get here. I purchased a Dovo 6/8 blade, along with the balance of the required accoutrements. I can't beleive it took me 41 years on this earth to come around but here I am! I'll keep you all posted.

Steve

Welcome to SRP, eh!
You'll love straight razor shaving and everything that goes along with it.

Again welcome to the club, Steve.

:chapeau

Welcome to the forum and a great community, enjoy....:D

Welcome to the SRP Forum! :)

Here is a link to the SRP Beginners Guide to Straight Shaving. This will help you with the things you need to know before you begin your experience with a straight razor.

Here is a link to the SRP Library. This will help you with pretty much anything relating to shaving with a straight razor.

Here is a link that will help you find other SRP members in your area, just insert your location and hit search now. Note that the user name listing in red is a mentor, if you should need any personal help.

Welcome to the world of straight razor shaving!

:gl:

Welcome Steve. There are quite a few Canadians here. There is also a ton of information. Let us know when you need a hand.

Hi Steve & welcome to SRP. I see you have had many suggestions so just be patient & take your time is the main thing, learn to strop & go from there. You can practice stropping with a butterknife so you don't cut your strop & also dull your good edge like many of us did when we first started out. If you do cut your strop, you can sand it out or if it got a slice, you can glue it back down with CA (superglue) or rubber cement.
Great to have you here & ask questions anytime.
Good luck my friend.

Hi and welcome aboard. Any questions feel free to ask

Wow, we Canadians are taking over!

Welcome to SRP, feel free to stay awhile and feel free to ask, as others have mentioned.


Regards

Christian aka

Kaptain "Not feeling as lonely anymore" Zero

Hello Steve, welcome to SRP.

Welcome from Edmonton!

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Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Wow, we Canadians are taking over!

Welcome to SRP, feel free to stay awhile and feel free to ask, as others have mentioned.


Regards

Christian aka

Kaptain "Not feeling as lonely anymore" Zero

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The Great North American Invasion!!!! ;)

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Originally Posted by Nerosrevenge

Hello all. My name is Steve hailing from Newmarket, Ontario, and I like many here am new to straight razor shaving. Just ordered my first bit of kit and can't wait for it to get here. I purchased a Dovo 6/8 blade, along with the balance of the required accoutrements. I can't beleive it took me 41 years on this earth to come around but here I am! I'll keep you all posted.

Steve

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Took me 54 years, so believe me you're not by yourself. Frankly I didn't know the old time shave equipment was still manufactured. Then the shaving experiences with cartridges and electrics got so bad that I went online and sought out alternatives.

Welcome aboard Steve. Newmarket is just a stones throw away.
Reach out if you have any questions.
Happy shaves.

Hey!
Welcome.
Make sure you make it out to the next meet!

Mike