Thread: Hi from TN

And another Tennessean welcomes you to the forum.

There are resources here in middle Tennessee, and we are willing to help.

Another tennesseean, nice. We need to start a club. If only there was some online website where we could gather and discuss our thoughts

Knoxville checking in here, too! I am pretty new, but have been buying, restoring, and honing razors for the last couple of months and am getting consistent great shaves. I made my everyday strop, and will probably continue using it until I feel comfortable dropping the cash on a really nice one. I definitely got bit by the bug and have been buying eBay specials and hunting some up locally. Just let us know if you need help with anything, I'm sure we can get you through any trouble spots.

Welcome to SRP!

Wow, didn't realize so many SRP members right here in middle tennessee. I found something similar on a couple of the woodworking forums I go to, but not this many. I'll keep in touch, especially if I have problems.

I've watched some videos on honing, stropping, lathering, and shaving. I am getting a shave ready razor from Larry at Whipped Dog along the a strop. I have cleaned up and honed a Case Preparedness razor I inherited. I'm sure its not shave ready. I definitely wanted to start with a professionally honed razor to get an idea of what degree of sharpness is normal. From what I've read Larry at whipped dog does a great job at this. I learned the same sort of thing in woodworking. I didn't know chisels and hand planes weren't pretty much ready to go out of the box. I never got anything out of them until I got some premiums and saw how they could work when set up and sharpened.

I think I'll be okay on the water stones, but will need to perfect my technique on the strop. I know from my woodworking sharpening how easy it is to round an edge on a strop. I also know the benefits of good stropping. I've just never used a razor strop, but think I know the right technique from videos. It's a matter of execution.

I'll probably be giving my first straight razor shave a go next week sometime. It'll be partial, avoiding the nose and chin areas. I've got plenty of time. I plan to work on my brush and getting the lather right while shaving with my sensor until my strop and razor arrive.

Thanks again for the nice welcome and advise from everyone. Maybe we middle tennesseans can get together sometime.

Yeah, we definitely need to do that. keep us updated on how the shaves go, and of any trouble you may have. Usually, there's someone on here who can fix most any problem lol