Thread: Newbie from WI

Any other Door County area straight razor shavers here?

Ok so I have not made the purchase yet but my electric shaver broke on me last weekend and I said to myself "to invest in another electric or go old school straight?" and decided that I will go straight and perhaps get a cheaper electric to fill in my learning curve.

So yeah I am from Sturgeon Bay WI and do granite counters for a living with photography as a side business. I actually just made a decent photo gig that will bring me in a couple G's so I can make the purchase of the razor equipment without any hit on my normal income

That's me in a nutshell and though I can't promise I will be super active but I will try to pop up here and there haha.

So thanks for any help you can give and God bless your 2012!

Steveo

Welcome!!
There are quite a few WI users on here. You could try the member map function and see if you can find some close ones

Welcome to SRP.

Look in the SRP Classifieds for a quality vintage razor to start with. They usually come pre-honed and shave tested. Then obtain a plain leather hanging strop, decent shaving soap and a brush & mug. Then you have the necessary equipment. After that then read the Library/Wiki to get you going.

Hello Steve

I'm originally from South Milwaukee, but have lived in Florida longer than I was in WI. Good luck with the shaving. I'm just starting myself.

Go Brewers!
Andrew

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Welcome to SRP.

Look in the SRP Classifieds for a quality vintage razor to start with. They usually come pre-honed and shave tested. Then obtain a plain leather hanging strop, decent shaving soap and a brush & mug. Then you have the necessary equipment. After that then read the Library/Wiki to get you going.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Randy I just ordered a blade from manah at strazors. and will be getting a second I think from edsonrazors.com soon Got a brush/soap set from walmart cuz I needed to shave and figured I would start learning that jazz. I will pick up a strop from whippeddog asap as well. Might even pick up a honing set and some restoration "projects" from ebay haha.

aontko, I was in FL a couple times and though it was nice to visit(in Dec) I dont think I could handle the humidity haha. Thanks for the welcome though!

rodb, i will look into that function asap haha

Looks like you already know how right to act with straights, strop and hones. So I can only say Welcome and enjoy your ride

Originally Posted by Bonbon

Looks like you already know how right to act with straights, strop and hones. So I can only say Welcome and enjoy your ride

Spasiba Bonbon! Ok so my russian/ukrainian is not good but I do remember that from my time there! I was in Kiev 4ish years ago and LOVE that city very beautiful!
Thank you for your warm welcome!

Thank you too! It's nice to see that somebody not only know where Ukraine is, but also was here once in Zimbabwe local guy told me that Ukraine situated in USA

Originally Posted by Bonbon

Thank you too! It's nice to see that somebody not only know where Ukraine is, but also was here once in Zimbabwe local guy told me that Ukraine situated in USA

yeah isnt it a suburb of Chicago? haha just kidding! I did know a Ukrainian guy who's family moved to Chicago and they had a pretty large population of Ukrainians... If/when I can get back to Kiev to visit friends I will have to look you up!

Great idea, you always know where to find me