An Inch At A Time.

Hello Gentlemen and greetings from London.

I've wet shaved most of my adult life (apart from a brief obscene dalliance with an electric face grinder at the age of seventeen but we all have our skeletons). Up until the new year, I used the cartridge multi-blade abominations when I switched to DE shaving...true bliss for my face.

I suppose it was always only ever a matter of time until I made the step to the gentlemanly art of straight razor shaving. I'm still about as green as you get, and tonight saw me take my first step on the "straight" path with me taking my first stumbling steps from side burn to jaw then completing with my DE.
It's going to be a long steady road, but I'm looking forward to the journey...one inch at a time.

Good to be here.

Good to have you here. You certainly picked the right place to be and if you follow your inch at a time program you have a very pleasant journey ahead of you.

Welcome to SRP.
Nice to have you with us. Make sure to check the wiki and the video subsection, and your green-ness should fade a little :)
Don't hold back on your questions, and let us know how you fare.

Nothing wrong with green. It's much better than red.

VanHelsing,

Welcome and hello from Hastings :)

Well done for starting down the path to righteous shaving :)

We have some excellent resources here in the UK :

Razors, strops , honing etc

Mr Neil Miller (www.strop-shop.co.uk - hand made straight razor strops, razor pouches, shaving accessories, vintage razors, razor honing and restoration)

Mr Steve Dempster (Introduction to razors)

General shaving consumables, safety razors & blades, colognes etc

Mr Paul Mayhew (Welcome To Connaught Shaving)

Vintage Safety Razors

Mr Dave Glynn (Modern and Vintage Safety Razors, Shaving Brushes, Creams and Soaps - SafetyRazors.co.uk)

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Van,
I am only a few months ahead of you. Welcome! Let us know how your journey goes!

Happy shaves.....

Welcome to SRP!