Hello Gentlemen,

I made the step to "traditional" wet shaving about 6 months ago. Until very recently I've just been using vintage Gillette DE razors with very satisfactory results.

I recently overcame my fear of straight razors and have picked up a couple of nice old razors; a French 4/8 Round and an Offenbach 6/8 Point. The French has been made "shave ready" by Steve at The Invisible Edge. So far, I've had 3 "okay" shaves with minimal blood loss...with a lot of help from my reading here and in the wiki (thanks).

I've got a second hand strop that started life as one of Tony Miller's 2.5" Latigo strops. It's got a couple of new nicks but I have been practising with a blunt blade between shaves.

I've been doing a lot of reading and asking questions at B&B and have visited SRP a lot following advice from some of the guys over there. I thought I'd better get round to registering here as I'm now a member of the straight community!

I'm looking forward to contributing as my journey progresses.