Thread: Newbie

Congrats and welcome to SRP!

In particular, you must be stoked to be able to have your great grandfather's strop. Hopefully it will still be in serviceable condition, or at least brought back to life. As suggested, pics would be a big help in terms of giving advice.

Please don't make the mistake I did when starting out, and fail to send your razor out for professional honing to start with. I tried honing my own from the start and had an absolutely miserable experience until a proper edge was put on the thing! The difference in shaving experience was like night and day, and when I started honing myself, I had an idea of what to aim for.

Good luck

Hi, Thisguyruns. Welcome to Straight Razor Place!

Welcome to SRP!
I would suggest you get a different strop to learn on than your great grandfathers. It is really easy to destroy a strop when you are learning this art and it would be a shame to destroy a priceless heirloom.

Definitely get the razor professionally honed. AOS claims that the razors are shave ready, but they are not.

And add your location to your profile. Hopefully someone is nearby that can help you in person.

Most of all, enjoy the adventure.

Hello and welcome to SRP.
Do follow all the information given so far.
Enjoy your time here on the forum and have fun.

Pete <:-}