Hello from Northern California
Hi all, I'm 6 weeks into straight razor shaving and am completely hooked! CaRazor from this forum is a friend of mine and gave me my first straight razor and strop as a gift to get me started and there's no turning back!
I was already into double edge safety razor shaving with a badger brush and lather( although I was doing the lather completely wrong!) and when he told me he was into straight razors I knew I had to try it.
I love to shave and have shaved 7 days a week for 20 years. I just loved the clean feeling it gives and the straight razor is the ultimate for that.
Plus it's a serious skill and art form and I'm into that side of it as well. A very Zen thing. My morning tea ceremony, if you will.
of course the more I get into it the more I realize how little I know and how much there is to learn. but that's the real fun.
I'm a physical trainer and I teach Russian Kettlebells for a living and to me the straight is just like a kettlebell- lo tech high concept and something that you HAVE to concentrate on when you have it in your hands.
I was lucky enough to be in Hungary teaching kettlebells last month and found the Flaschner knife and razor store in Budapest and the rest is history. I have my first seven day set and love and I'm good to go.
What a great thing to get to do everyday. I can't wait to wake up in the morning so I can shave,lol.