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    Thumbs up Hello

    Just wanted to say hello, i have just decided to take the plunge into straight razors and i have found this forum a great place for information.
    I have just got my first razor and will let you all know how i get on with it.

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    Welcome to the forum and good luck with your 1st shave
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    Welcome to SRP. It's a great time, hopefully you'll find that too, both with the forum and with straight shaving. Check out our WIKI for lots of excellent information before you put that 3" of sharp steel to your cheek.

    Good luck!

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    Welcome! have fun.

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    Hey, Mark. Welcome.

    You'll find the help here, unbelievable. The guys here have endured my ignorant thrashing about, so you should have it easy!

    Perhaps post a bit more about your first steps. You mentioned you got a razor. Maybe the biggest thing is the status of its edge. Professionally honed? 'Bought from another shaver? Having the edge really shave ready is critical. New shavers actually need better edges than the experienced guys. The 3 skills you need right away are the shave itself (link on your first shave is right on the home page - its GOOD).
    Making lather is another. Mantic's vids are excellent: How To Build And Apply Traditional Shaving Lather - YouTube


    The big one is stropping. Practice with something other than your shaving razor might not be a bad idea at all. Some do their learning w/ a butter knife, but it would feel alot different than the shank of a razor. Another forum recommends a paddle strop to learn with, but Glen's recommendation of laying the strop on a flat, hard surface might serve this purpose as well. The best thread (with great vids attached) is Glen's 3/11 tips for beginners. I've not found better. Be sure to watch afdavis' fine vids on the 'flip' - or changing direction at the end of a stroke. As a slow learner, I butchered 5 strops. They aren't cheap, so I bought leather & made my own replacement components. All this heartburn for lack of a single detail in stropping - having the edge lifted off the strop surface as the stroke ends. I was trying to do a 'dead' stop, which is near impossible to do. After getting that one detail, my strop no longer ran away screaming when I walked into the room.

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...ch-2011-a.html

    Enjoy your journey. There's help to be had, so don't stay frustrated - post the questions or conditions you want to learn about and you'll be well treated. Then, you'll start getting the best shaves of your life and likely go nuts with the 'AD's. There are ways to equip yourself without going broke - post those questions too. I do recommend learning the shave first, and without trying to learn to hone at the same time. I was too arrogant to listen to that advice and my shaving and edges suffered greatly. Get a good professional (or equivalent) shaving edge, learn the shave, enjoy the bliss. Then take it wherever you want.

    Best of luck.
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    Welcome and enjoy. Remember to take your time the first time. Take it from one newbie to another

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    Mark,

    Welcome and hello from Hastings

    Have fun !

    Best regards

    Russ

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    Many thanks for the advice guides and words of wisdom.

    kindest regards

    Mark

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