Thread: Greetings from Alaska!

Hello all! Just getting into straight razor shaving and found this forum! I would appreciate any advice and help and I look forward to learning a thing or two from you!! Have a blessed day/night and remember to enjoy the day!

Walter

Welcome Wolverine. Good to have you on board. You will not be disappointed if you want to get into str8 razor shaving. SRP has heaps of good people with great experience and knowledge.
You need to grab yourself a nice shave ready razor, no need to spend heaps of $$$ (unless you want to). Plenty of good razors in the classifieds. Also check out Wiki.

Enjoy,
Stu

Welcome, Wolverine! Whereabouts in AK are you? Spent quite a bit of time in the Kenai Peninsula myself.

Thanks, Walter, and welcome to SRP! There is a lot of great information here, and you will undoubtedly find the help you need here.

Incidently, I hope to visiting the Port Alsworth area this summer. Looking forward to it!

Thanks guys, I am in the Anchorage area for now...I will be moving to Savannah, GA thanks to the Army. Looking forward to getting info from here...

Welcome! You are gonna love it!

Welcome Wolverine to SRP! If you need anything please feel free to let us know. We are here for you.

Hey, I'm new too but have had a bunch of helping hands reach out to me. Definately check out the Wiki section and read the beginners parts. They were very helpful to me when picking a good first razor. Particularly, it recommended starting in the center of the spectrum for each category such as: size (6/8), Half Hollow, rounded point, "shave ready," and price expectations.

I found a great first razor in the classifieds, here just recently. I purchased from an awesome individual who has great feedback and was very helpful. His name is "hi_bud_gl." if you see a razor you like of his, definately ask him a question about it and he'll get right back to you. I'm hearing awesome things about the honing skills of Lynn. My advice... Get a decent strop, a badger hair brush and don't worry about the look of the razor as much as the functionality of it.

I haven't figured out any techniques yet, but if I come across anything really helpful, I'll shoot 'em your way. Good luck, friend.
-Dan