Thread: Hello from Chi-Town

Just want to thank everyone for the fantastic posts, and information! I have always wanted to learn how to wet shave, but never found someone to teach me how. Luckily, an AOS opened near me, and I took the plunge! I did nick myself up pretty good last night, but still very eager to learn. The sales person actually recommended this site, but I ran home to try my new razor instead of checking out this forum first. Live and learn.

Welcome aboard Mach & as they say in the stockmarket "do your research"

Thank you. I learned my lesson. I was asked at work if I got into a fight with a cat!

Welcome to SRP

As you said, Live and learn - well there loads of useful stuff on this site to learn from but DO take your time and watch your angles. Use a REALLY light touch and enjoy!

Ha. Just tell em chicks dig scars

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Ha. Just tell em chicks dig scars

They sure do! I got a few scars from chicks digging their fingernails in...Oh hang on. Gentlemens forum, we don't go there.


Mick

Thank you guys again for the warm welcome. I do have a couple of questions, besides the proper treatment of scars. I kind of jumped right into this, and bought everything I read I needed (unfortunately before I came to this site), and I'm reading some varying opinions on some things. Maybe you can clarify a few. I purchased a TI razor, and the pamphlet says it shave ready, but is it? If not I also bought a Norton waterstone 4000/ 8000 (stop laughing at me), but is honing something I should not get into? I know many of you have recommended to get it professionally done, but if I spend anymore money my wife is going to cut my throat with my new razor. It is my fault for not researching more, but any opinions would be welcome.

First time around, I would opt for a pro honing job. If my razor was good to go from the factory I may have got into this a lot sooner. They don't tend to be as sharp as they should be, coming from the factory, but I'm not familiar with TI's razors, so take that with the grain of salt.
Practice honing on something a little more expendable. I learnt to hone my own, with some supervision after the fact to make sure I had it right, but I was at a stage where I just didn't care about the razor. Luckily for me I'm extra smart or just plain lucky and got it right from the word go. I would also recommend a higher finish stone than 8k, simply because it will offer a smoother shave. I've shaved off a 6k, but only because I had to. I didn't know any better at that time.
You will want to start keeping some secrets from the wife I think. Just to save your razor from abuse.


Mick

See if the wife will approve the cost of postage.
If you send it to me, I'll hone it and send it back to you for the cost of return postage. Send a PM if interested.

Honing is something that you should get into, especially if you already have a hone, but just not yet. You need to figure out how to shave and strop with it first. Do you have a strop? You absolutely need a strop before a hone.

Postage I can definitely do Utopian, and thank you for offering to do that for me. This site has been extremely helpful, and I would have saved alot of money by coming here first! I do have a strop, and just about anything else I read I needed.