Thread: New member from Oklahoma

Hello all,

My name is John and I live in Norman, Oklahoma. I have always been fascinated by straight razors. I am looking to not only to shave with them but I would like to primarily restore them. I have a lot of antique stores around my location. I have been doing a lot of reading and watching videos on the restoration processes.

Hello, John. Welcome to Straight Razor Place!

Baby steps. First learn to use a straight that is professionally honed. Then get a junker to practice stropping, restoration and honeing. Master one process before moving to the next. It will make the experience more enjoyable.

Hi and welcome. Be sure to check out the workshop stickies then. Start with something easy without too much involved and work up from there. It's going to be fairly time consuming to start out by hand but will give you the basics the work from. Good luck and any questions feel free to ask

You've certainly come to the right place. There is a wealth of information and many, many brains to pick. Like others said, get good with the razor first so you know how it should work.

I'm still working on that part, myself.

Welcome, John.

Originally Posted by spc13b

Hello all,

My name is John and I live in Norman, Oklahoma. I have always been fascinated by straight razors. I am looking to not only to shave with them but I would like to primarily restore them. I have a lot of antique stores around my location. I have been doing a lot of reading and watching videos on the restoration processes.

Hey John, welcome to the forum! To be any good at restoring, you need to establish a foundation. First, you need to know how to shave with them, then hone them, then restore them. Some have combined the last two, but you have to know what a good shave feels like as any razor you restore must shave well...if it doesn't...it's not worth much to most of us.

Welcome John.[emoji112]
The workshop is where you need to go.
Tons of information there for more advancement in restoration, But the library would be the best place to start.
When you get stuck...don't know what to do!! Give a holler...somebody while help.

Hi John & welcome to SRP. Sorry I'm late for the party. I see you have gotten a lot of good information already but this is just the beginning. ScottGoodman tells it like it is & outback above is correct also but everyone has made some good points. Ask questions if you need to. Great to have you.
Good luck my friend........