Hello from Jacksonville, NC
Hello to all,
I have been introduced to straight razor shaving by a good friend of mine. He actually sent me my first razor. So far I have the razor, brush, the Poor Man Strop Kit, and some Proraso preshave cream, shave cream, and after shave. I have received everything in the mail today and starting my research on how to begin. I guess first would be to get my strop ready but the gentleman's instruction have me a little lost. Not that it's rocket science, just that I'm not sure which is which and the instructions kind of jump from here to there and get confusing. I have the strop, the hanging hook, neatsfoot oil, chromium oxide, iron oxide and a block of wood with the oxides already applied (one on each side). I believe the block is what is called the balsa?
I will be researching and if I have any questions, I will be sure to post them in the proper forum pages. Can't wait to get started!