Hello from the shade of Pike's Peak.

Hi all. Been a member of another forum and now am enjoying straight razor shaving so i thought id better get over here and join up. Been SR shaving for 3 weeks now and have 6 Straights, 7 brushes, more soap than i know what to do with and about 20 DE's. Havent used a DE sense i picked up a straight. Enjoy it alot and dont plan on going back ever. SR's cost a bit more but i know i will soon have a wall full on display.

I live in Colorado Springs and hall Gas for a living. Hence the title. I would have went with my other title but i guess over here it is taken. Bummer.

Thanks for any help and instruction i get from you all and hope to learn lots.

Welcome aboard. Lots of guys have been where you are and many of them are still here. Find your way through the "Library" and especially"Getting Started ! "
Have fun and enjoy the journey!
~Richard

Yes! Welcome, Gasman. Sounds like you have a running start there! ;)

Tha ks guys. I plan on going over the library with a fine toothed comb. And when i picked up a straight the first time i admit i had shakey hands but it went so well for me i just picked it up without any issue. Ive now cut myself twice. Operator error and i know what went wrong so that shouldnt happen again. Ive tried 9 different razors now, 6 were loners to play with so i have a tiny idea of what works for me and what i like.

I have not learned to hone or even own a stone yet but in the next few.months ill give that a go too. Made my first set.of scales a few days.ago but havent finished them yet. Reknotted three brushes and used DE's for 6 months.

There you go. Thats me. Jump in with both feet.and do a job to the fullest!

welcome :)

Yer from my old home town

Just a heads up, we have a rather large contingent of CO members and have had a Meet around the 17th of July every year for the last 7 years :D

It has been held in Denver hence the name "Mile High Meet" I look forward to meeting you at our next one

Its very hard fir me to make gatherings like that. I work 75 to 80 hrs a week and the last thing id want to do is drive to denver on my day off as i drive to denver everyday i work.
I go to denver to load the truck then head for bteckenridge or steamboat springs or craig. I run the mountain stores. Lots of snow and ice and ill be driving my bomb across it. Ha.

So you can understand why i wouldnt want to drive to denver on my day off.i drive between 500 and 600 miles a day. On my days off i let the wife drive me around for shopping and such.

Hi and welcome aboard.

no excuse, theres guys who make it there from farther away and worked a lot more hours in a week than you do,, so be there! TC

:banghead:

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

welcome :)

Yer from my old home town

Just a heads up, we have a rather large contingent of CO members and have had a Meet around the 17th of July every year for the last 7 years :D

It has been held in Denver hence the name "Mile High Meet" I look forward to meeting you at our next one

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I do appreciate the offer, really i do but i dought anyone works as many hours as i do unless.hes a driver too. :banghead:

And thank you all for the warm welcomes. Ill do my best to keep up with this forum but some days i just dont have the time. Ha.

Welcome. :)

Welcome from a fellow tanker. I understand about Hours of Service and 34 restarts. I'm often through CS from Houston to Calgary.

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Originally Posted by Longhaultanker

Welcome from a fellow tanker. I understand about Hours of Service and 34 restarts. I'm often through CS from Houston to Calgary.

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Good to know there is another crazy guy here that likes to drag a bomb around all day. We still go by a log BOOK, so no computer tracking me. I've been told there is a rule about 34 hrs. And something to do with 10 hrs off. Never seen it and dont believe in it. Ha. I drive local but dont get home every night. Run till you cant any more has been my rule for 34 years in a truck. Wouldnt know how to act if i had to stop and try to sleep more than 5 hrs.

BTW, local to us means 6 States. CO, WY, KS, OK, NM, UT. Most the time i do CO mountain stores. No sleeper truck (too much weight) so they put me in cheep motels if i have to stay out over night.

Keep it rollin driver!

And thanks for the welcome all!

Welcome aboard, make yourself at home.

Glad you joined