Thread: New Canadian

Just posting here to say hello - new guy out on the prairies.

I had my first attempt at a straight shave last Saturday (mostly because I hate the waste of disposable razors, but straight razors are very neat as well), which went not bad. I finished with my regular razor; after using it back to back with a straight, there is no comparison - I won't be going back.

I like to try different things, and have been curious about straight razors for awhile, so I finally took the plunge this year.

I've been using this forum for info on pretty much everything I've needed to get going, and it has been great. There is a lot of awesome info here! Thanks for all the help thus far!

Welcome to the forum. We have quite a few members on here from the Great White North. I started pretty much like you describe as well, I used a disposable for touch up's until I got proficient with the straight. Don't hesitate to ask questions.

Rich

Welcome to srp.May i ask a big favor of you, Can you keep ur cold canadian air up there,its attacking pennsylvaina pretty hard and im sick of 0and -5 F temps. the animals in my traps are freezing before i can get them to the fur shed.


In all seriouseness please make urself at home and ask as many questions as you need in order to get good with a straightrazor.

You may want to use the search link to look up old post before you post a question, u may find one or serveral answers that help you out.

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

Welcome to srp.May i ask a big favor of you, Can you keep ur cold canadian air up there,its attacking pennsylvaina pretty hard and im sick of 0and -5 F temps. the animals in my traps are freezing before i can get them to the fur shed.


In all seriouseness please make urself at home and ask as many questions as you need in order to get good with a straightrazor.

Haha... It's not even too bad where I'm living now, but -5F is pretty normal. We are having a bit of a heat wave the last few days. I moved from Northern Manitoba and we would hit -58 F for a week or so in the winter - we'd just throw the fish we caught ice fishing out the door of the shack, and they'd be solid pretty quick (even at -20F they froze nicely haha).

Thanks for the welcome.

Hello and welcome from another guy out on the prairies Where abouts if you don't mind my asking?

lol - Rob usually beats me to it, but welcome to SRP from yet another Canadian Prairie dweller! Sound like you're off to a good start. Feel free to ask whatever questions you need to help you on your journey.

welcome..wow -58 wish we would get temps like that down here, i think the coldest we saw was about 17 i much prefer the cold weather.
enjoy your straights and ask anything you need to know

-dan-

indeed welcome from another Canadian, up here in the Yukons been pretty nice too. im sure we'll suffer together soon enough though. cheers,

yall i will send yall all the cold air you want, id love to get rid of these temps, as trapping season comes to a close im looking foward to my garden and its hard to think about gardenign when its -f out. Its days like today that make me wish when i join the airforce that they station me somewhere in dixieland.