new member from birmingham england

hello to all at SRP and thanks for the treasure trove of infomation here at this wonderful site, i have been gathering knowledge every time i have visited this site in the past week and finally joined. got my eye on a few straight razors and i'll post pics and details upon arival in the mean time i have a 4k/8k norton and a 12k chinese waterstones and a cheap razor to play with while learning how to form and maintain a razors edge i might even make a small chip in the edge to get experience at fixing them. thanks again for all the info. chris.

Welcome to SRP. May I suggest that if you've never shaved with a straight that you send at least one out to be honed proffessionally..that way you can judge your own honing as well as having a good one to shave with :)

vanguard,

Hello and welcome from Hastings :)

WRT razor maintenance, 'GSSixgun' has recently posted some excellent videos which are well worth a look:

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...=gssixgun&aq=f

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Welcome to SRP!

You will find plenty of information and support here as you start to use your hones and razors.

I agree with the Catrentshaving that you should have at least one razor professionally honed. This will remove a critical variable as you learn to shave with a straight and it will provide a baseline for your own honing.

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Hello and welcome to SRP, nice to have you with us.

Hello, Vanguard:

Welcome to Straight Razor Place.

I, too, agree with our good friend Catrentshaving that you should send out at least one razor to be honed professionally. It will give you a basis of what to expect.

Also, initially you will need to devote the bigger focus on honing your skill in shaving with the straight razor. There is plenty of time to hone. Right now shaving skill matters most. Good luck.

Regards,

Obie

hi all and thanks for the advice and its what i have done, with me learning to hone with the cheap razor i can then test my handy work against the pro honed blade edge, i have also looked into restoring razors, youtube has some great tutorials one in particular by undream22 witch is very good, also custon scales as i have seen some wonderful examples on SRP

Welcome to srp