Thread: Introduce yourself!!!!!

Thorcorps,

First, welcome to SRP...

Second, as a newbie you may want to peruse the websites of some of the merchants who advertise here at the SRP. Two that I have some experience with as a newbie myself are Straight Razor Designs and Vintage Blades, LLC. I've purchase str8 razors from both of them. Both SRD and VB offer str8 razor and stop sets, even complete str8 razor shaving sets, plus professional honing of any str8 razor you purchase from them. Not a bad deal. The owner of SRD is a member of this site, as is his associate Lynn Abrams--the same Lynn Abrams whose dvd you watched.

Again, welcome to SRP and take care...

Hey everyone, my name is Patrick Engle. I am new to straight razor shaving. I found my grandpa's old Crane 5/8 hollow ground a few weeks ago and have wanted to try it and learn the art. I have read a lot of advice on starting with a professionally honed razor before I try to sharpen one myself. I ordered a Dovo 5/8 that comes in tomorrow!!!! I'm so excited and can't wait, I've been checking the mail every day. I've been using a brush and soap for about a month and a half now with the disposable double edge razors, and am looking forward to trying a straight for the first time. I'm going to ease into it and just do my cheeks tomrorow and I'll let you all know how it goes.

I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions

looking forward to being a part of this community. Thanks for starting this up Lynn!!!!

Cheers

Patrick Engle

Hello All. I have been lurking in the shadows of anonymity for a few days now, drinking in the wealth of knowledge that this site has to offer. I haven't yet relinquished my mach 3, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can stand with you all; on the side of my forefathers, with a single blade in hand and proclaim "Feel my baby butt smooth face!"

Hi all,

I'm new to the str8, having got a Dovo Classic 5/8 last week. Have got much use from the alum bar during this short time, but I'm determined to get through the learning curve with time. Still getting up the nerve for the chin area. I plan on getting Lynn's DVD and find the forums VERY helpful. Any suggestions will be much appreciated!

Hey my name is Joe, I have always wanted to go to one of those old fashioned barber shops and get myself a shave like my father has told me about but have never gotten the chance. i think that is what started my interests in owning my own SR and I think that i am going to finally purchase one tonight, err hopefully funding pending ha ha.

Hi, my name is James, and I'm from Alabama. I started shaving with a straight razor a little over a year ago, and love it. I got tired of all the ingrown hairs, etc. and paying through the nose for cartridge refills. Now the daily chore is the daily relaxation. I look forward to sharing with and learning from y'all.

Thanks for having me.

James

New guy ( to straight razors)

Inherited a few from my Dad and have been toying with the idea of using them.

First much to learn about them to keep from slitting my throat. Looks like this is the place to do that (learn not slit my throat)

They are both old and will need roconed first so I am off to see what I can find about that here. Any points in the proper direction would be great.

One is a Baldon from Soligen Germany NR 74A, The other says Hessenbruch& Company, Germany. Box says May 1881 and June 1889 on it with a standing bear logo. Among other things I hope to find out more baout them and look forward to shaving with them.

Thanks for the Forum.
CMS ( Dutch was Taken)

HELLO ALL!
Just thought i would drop a little line to introduce myself. My name is Paul and i am from Staten Island, New York (Former home of the world's largest trash dump, currently the home of more NYC mobsters than any other borough, and most importantly, home of ME!) I am just getting into straight shaving and have found this site and it's members to be an invaluable source of information. I bought my first razor in the classifieds section from LarryAndro, a man who's wisdom is matched only by his desire to provide quality products and advice to newbies. I just want to take a minute to give a BIG thanks to Larry who has always been there to answer any question no matter how trivial or silly.
Anyway, i started using my new... old... reconditioned razor last week and i now know why so many people shrug off the Sensor Excels and Bics and other wal mart men's aisle products. For me it boils down to 2 things: Control and Craftsmanship.
Control: I compare straight razor shaving to driving a manual transmission vehicle. When your driving an automatic (sensor excel, mach3, etc) you just run the blade over your face hoping to get done and get on with life. With a straight razor, just as with a manual transmission, you have much more control over the process, and when you finish you have more of a sense of accomplishment. It is an indescribably masculine feeling as opposed to something your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/roommate threw in the cart along with her "feminine products" and some q-tips.
Craftsmanship: Lets face it. today's razors that you buy in wal mart/ kmart/ other massively large corporate store are cheap pieces of feces that are meant to last a month before being thrown into a landfill, where they will sit for a few hundred years. My razor was probably made around world war one. I take pride in having a handmade straight razor because i know that back in the 19-teens someone put their blood, sweat and tears into making it. It was not mass produced by a machine, sharpened by a computer, packaged by a computerized machine and then shipped from China, indonesia or wherever else big corporations can pay someone 15 cents a week to make american products. It was made by a man (or women), who knew what they were doing and did it well. This is evident by how many wonderfully old razors are still in working order 25, 50, 75, 100 years after they were made. I don't know of anything built today that isn't either controlled by a computer or made by exploiting poor people in a third world nation. We have become a world where everything is disposable. While this is mighty convenient, the little taste of what things used to be like that sits on my vanity is refreshing.
I don't mean to sound like an anti-corperation weirdo, it is just to make a long story short, I like things like straight razors. built to last several lifetimes by someone who cared enough about what they were doing to make sure that i would enjoy a razor that was made 60 years before my birth.

ANYWAY! i have rambled on for quite a while. I hope i don't sound like some anti-corporation weirdo or anything. Just expressing a though. Anyway, i thank everyone for their willingness to share their knowledge about straight razor shaving and i hope that some day i can pay it forward.

you fellas are dropping in faster than I can say howdy but thats ok there are plenty of the older members to help me fill in. I am so glad to see you all embrace this thread and I am so very glad to see all of you new guys and getting to read all the cool stuff you all are doing and helping when ever posible to get everyone started on their road! So keep up the intros guys and WELCOME ABOARD EVERYONE~~~~

Hi Everyone,

I've been doing the safety razor thing for awhile now and decided it was time to give straight razor shaving a try so I order the RupRazor/Filly strop combo.

Received both in the mail so now it's time to get down to business.

Thanks for all the advice.

Hello and regards,

John