Greetings, folks!
My name is Tom. I'm 28, and I've always loathed shaving. I have a corporate job that frowns on unkempt facial hair, but is lenient enough that I regularly go days without shaving so that I end up sporting a scruffy face for half of any given week.
I can't recall how I got the idea to start shaving with a straight razor. This was just within the last week or so, and in fact, I don't even any of the necessary equipment yet. Straight razors always remind me of my grandfather, despite the fact that he died before I was born. I'm told he had a five o'clock shadow within hours of shaving.
Anyway, I do have a bit of a problem with new hobbies in that I'm very impulsive. I ended up buying a few vintage razors from eBay with the intention of restoring them, before reading here that beginners should avoid doing that. Spent $29, $23 and $8 on them (Joseph Rodgers, Genco, Joseph Rodgers). So please forgive me for this beginners mistake. I hope to learn much here and avoid making more mistakes :)
...my hope is that making a hobby out of shaving will change my attitude toward it.
-Tom