Thread: Introduce yourself!!!!!

Hey Daniel!
Dude we LOVE NM my friends have a place out in Angel Fire and we spent our honeymoon there! Love going to Taos they make the most amazing green chili soup there. Anyway welcome and hope to see ya around the site.

Thanks for serving!

I am pretty new to this too. I bought one that took disposables from my barber a few weeks before I decided to go full speed ahead and get the Dovo. I found that it was quite different that the disposable. You will be shocked at how different it feels.

Brett

Im a new member, had a few SR's on the cupboard, recently began increasing the collection from local markets and shops.

Hi all,

I don't think I ever introduced myself so here it goes...

I have used every mode of shaving known to man (except hoe and ax). I found straight works well. I have been shaving with a straight (almost exclusively) for about 8 yrs now.

I am a chemist so I enjoy topics such as aftershaves and soaps. I also hone my razors. I live in Melbourne, Australia.

People cringe when they hear I am shaving with straight razor. My father in law is supportive and has listed a few anectodes from his father...

I live an extremely busy lifestyle and do not post as often as I would like to. However, I will always questions and will always assist new players in the game.

My love for SE shaving goes with my love for fountain pens, cigars, wines and other nice things we are blessed to enjoy in life.


Take care..........

Originally Posted by Doc

Hey Daniel!
Dude we LOVE NM my friends have a place out in Angel Fire and we spent our honeymoon there! Love going to Taos they make the most amazing green chili soup there. Anyway welcome and hope to see ya around the site.

Doc, thanks for the warm welcome.

Yeah, most of Northern NM is a beautiful area. If you ever get down to Espanola, it has some of the best authentic NM food in the state.

HI, I'm Bryan. I just wanted to say hello to everyone out there. Love the site. I have recently become interested in straight razor shaving and restoration of such. I glad i found this place, such a wealth of information out tere for noobs like myself. I'm currently looking at my first straight razor, not sure what kind yet, but i'm lookin' hard. It's nice to find a place were everyone is so happy to help one another. Hope to conversemore with all of you, about the great world of straight shaving.

I'm Jack. I have been lurking here for months and joined just a short while ago. I have been delighted to find such a large group of people who so enjoy wet shaving.

About me: I've been using a straight razor for about 25 years and rarely shave any other way. The tragedy of 9/11 is a constant reminder to me because I'm a frequent traveler and have always liked to carry my bag aboard and of course the razor can't board with me any more. I'm even finding that my DE blades can't go aboard. I'm now hearing that with the recent Christmas day attempted bombing we will not even be allowed to read books in the last hour of a flight. Go figure.

I am so delighted by this site! What got me started here...about a year ago I was looking for some advice on honing my razors -- a Hoffritz 6/8 stainless I bought in 1986 and a Dovo 5/8 carbon steel I got in the 90s. I'd been sending them out for years for honing (about once a year each) and figured why not learn. Youtube showed me what to do. I was amazed at how much advice was out there. I got hooked up with Norton, learned about finishing stones, started cruising for soaps, Classic Shaving and Vintage Blades entered my lexicon, and I eventually bookmarked SRP. It's been a great deal of fun. I'm now a Tony Miller fan, know more about Bay Rum than I thought was possible (or wanted), have moved from more than two decades of using Old Spice Mug soap to a pile of creams and soaps that makes the decision each morning painful -- you know, not which shaving treatment you select but rather the ones not picked (like that Jewish mother who gives her son two shirts for his birthday...the son shows up for dinner the following week wearing one..."So my son, you didn't like the other shirt?") And now here I introduce myself. SRP has contributed the Alum Block to my repetoire.

For about 20 years I was the only person I knew who used a straight. On a golf trip in Myrtle Beach I found out that another member of our group -- a person I did not know -- also used one, I found this out only because we both had straights in the same condominium. I've always enjoyed the looks of awe and admiration from friends and acquantences who discovered my razor. Somewhat akin to the look people give you after they find out you have voluntarily jumped out of a perfectly good plane.

Perhaps I have something to offer this community but it could never come close to the enjoyment I have experienced just lurking here. I'll be around and join the fun.

Hi, I'm Cliff. I live in northeast Texas and have just started shaving with a straight razor. Actually today was my first complete shave with a straight. I started about a week ago, and am a lot more comfortable with the razor now. At first, it was very awkward, and a little scary. I felt so confident this morning after finishing WTG, that I attempted a second pass XTG. I got a couple of nicks and decided to stop there. Straight razors have become an obsession. I have already acquired 3 Dovo's(the Bismarck is my favorite), 1 C-Mon, 1 Wade & Butcher, 2 J.A. Henckels, and a J.A. Henckels 7 day set. I have got to stop spending money.......

Hello all, Im Glenn from Lake Hiawatha New jersey. I just wanted to say hello officially and introduce myself to the group. Have always been fascinated by the art of straight razor shaving but was a bit fearful of trying it due to the lack of information available to me until my wife found SRD for me as well as the forums. She purchased my 1st startup kit last christmas (Dovo c-mon Blackie, Illinois razor strop#835, dovo badger brush and cup as well as lynns video). Its been a full year now and im still trying to perfect my shaving ritual ( Im sure that I am not the only one ). I actually look foward to shaving now and dont look at it as a chore anymore but actually find it a stress reliever due to the intense concentration, it helps in clearing my mind and focussing on the task at hand. Just received my 1st scuttle a Georgetown Pottery G/5 for christmas from my daughter and am currently awaiting my new razor my wife ordered for me (Dovo best class 5/8 stainless steel with Iron wood scales). As soon as I get It Ill post my set up so all can see its kinda sharp looking !!! Chat you soon... Glenn

Hi all, new to to forums and relatively new(4 months) to straight razor shaving. I have been lunking here for a little while, and I have learned a ton. Thank you all. I look forward to contributing to the forum on an ongoing basis as I continue to explore the world of Straight Razor Shaving.

My gear so far:

Dovo Best Quality Razor - or not so best quality. lol

A Kanayama 70000 strop - I love it.

A Plisson Black Badger size 12 Shaving Brush

Castle Forbes Lime Essential Oil Shaving Cream - to die for

Pre de Provence Shea Butter enriched Shaving Soap - again to die for

Proraso shaving cream

and for my lazy days or when I do not have time:

1946-1949 Gillette Aristocrat DE and Feather Blades


At this point I lack a decent aftershave. I am currently using the Gillette aftershave but am not too happy for obvious reasons(supermarket product suck) Can anyone recommend a good shaving cream that is widely available that I might get started with?

Anyway, I think I'm off to a decent start. I'm open to suggentions for stuff I might want to add other than aftershave.

I should comment on my shaving technique. Well it is coming along. I have watched the recommended videos and I have scoured youtube on my own. I think I just need practise. My shave is close, but it takes me a while to get finiched up at this point and I keep changing things up like doing it all one handed one day then switching to left handed for the left side of my face and then right handed for the right side of my face(as recommended). Still feeling out what fells right.

I should comment on my honing technique. I have watched all of the videos etc. and I think my technique is ok. I've sharpened knifes for a god part of my life, so I am confortable with the razor on the stone.

I should also comment on my stropping technique. I think it's coming along. Again, because I've sharpened knives for a good chunk of my life, I feel comfortable with the bresure and taughntess of the strop. I have room to improve of course. But, I am happy with the end result after honing and stropping.

Anyway, enough about me. I'm glad to be here. Lots to learn. Catch you later.