Thread: "Distinctively looking new guy" from East Canada!

Howdy all.

To start My name's Paul, I'm 24, was born in Denver but currently living in eastern Canada! I love to box, cook and collect guns.I have been fantasizing about straight shaving for 2 months now. After trolling a few forums I have found this nice looking place that seems to have a ton of information I need!

I currently am in the process of buying the essentials. So many things to choose from! I hope in two weeks I will have everything I need to finally start.

Upon looking into this old traditional shaving method I thought it was pretty straight forward. Boy was I ever wrong... I find myself reading/watching videos on youtube on lather/techniques all the time now. I feel an obsession kicking in

Oh, and here is my custom brush a gentlemen made for me. Its in the mail, hopefully I'll get it Friday!
24mm silvertip on Mystery Maple Burl.



Nice to meet you all!

Welcome to SRP. Quite a few lovers of guns on this forum, me included. Nice brush and enjoy the shave when you finally start. Take it slow and read SRP founder Lynn Abrams on the first straight razor shave here. Also read my sig line below and follow the old barber's advice to avoid nicks and cuts.

Thanks Jimmy! Link has been bookmarked.

Welcome to the forum. I think you'll like it here. I'm also a Gun collector/carrier, etc...
Our WIKI is an excellent resource for all kinds of info, and it sounds like you already found Mantic59's shaving/lathering videos. His are informative and entertaining.
Some good tips from Jimmy I see....

Happy Shaving,

Rich

I wish I would of found that shave wiki weeks ago

Mantics also has amazing videos. Thanks all

Edit: Fun to see we have a nice little gun community here as well!

Dude, welcome to the forum and cool brush !!!!

Oh, and the obsession bit - the key is to not fight it, but to become one with the obsession(s). Or, at least that is what I tell myself...

Ken