Bonjour from Montreal

[MHV]

Hello everyone, and I'm a new straight razor shaver in Montreal, from beautiful Québec!

I thought I'd give a shout out to all the other newbies here and wave a hand to the old timers who are making this place such a great resource for newcomers. So far I've been an avid reader of SRP, and hope to contribute something of interest as I become more comfortable with SR shaving.

I began proper wet shaving with a Merkur DE, TOBS lavender cream, and a Vulfix 2225 brush, and within a year or so, I graduated to a 6/8 DOVO with a Russian leather strop for maintenance. I'm still working on proper stropping, and had the pleasure of dealing with Montreal honemeister and SRP member floppyshoes to correct my initial mistakes.

My other obsession being photography, you might have seen me on the Analog Photography User Group forum (apug.org) as one of the advisory council members. Our forum has grown as THE definitive resource about film and analog processes, so I have a lot of respect for those who have done likewise on the topic of shaving.

Film is, to me, the photographic equivalent of SR shaving, so I guess it was only a matter of time before my initial obsession morphed into a second one. I'm also an English teacher, so literature and photography are my predominant modes of expression.

I've been reading SRP daily for the past few weeks, and looking forward to learn more ici.

All the best,
Michel in Montréal