Thread: Hello, from the next generation!

Originally Posted by Matt96

Thanks! I'm okay with a little bit of blood to start out with, it was expected to begin with

It might go better than a lot of us, most of us had to relearn how to do it. You're learning basically for the first time. The razors on the classifieds should all be really good and shave ready. Very nice looking razor.

Hi Matt and welcome! Our boy's 15 too (16 in late July) and he shaves with his own DE now, but has shown interested in my straights as well... We'll see where that lands, eventually. You should be fine, re the razor you bought, you bought it from a stand up guy and he wouldn't sell a bad razor (wise move to go for one in here and not Ebay, this way you'll learn to know how a good edge feels like + you get a functional razor and that's not a given on Ebay, trust me).

Originally Posted by Mikael

Our boy's 15 too (16 in late July)

Haha, that's cool, I turn 16 on the 3rd of July
I actually found this site while reading an article someone had made on straight razors, and they suggested buying one here for a first razor. Certainly glad I found that article!

Hi Matt welcome to this great place.

Hi, welcome.
Please don't take this as me being condescending, but can I say how pleasing it is to see a young fellow who knows how to write? I don't think you melded a number with ANY of your words! That's not to say "Str8 razor shaving is gr8" is not a valid comment on the forum, but just as some of us old folk can get a bit wordy, some young folk can get a bit 'texty'...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

some of us old folk can get a bit wordy...

AKA. Carl our resident littérateur

Welcome aboard. I have a harmonie razor and it shaves well. Just take your time and go slow.


Cheers

Hello. I started out on my dad's old DE myself. Then I wandered away from it. Now I have wandered to straights. I am pretty new myself, so I will leave it at "its a beautiful razor." I cant really say it has been a money saver for me, but I am only about 6 months in. I have probably re-couped most of the investment moving off the latest Schick 5 blade wonder.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Please don't take this as me being condescending, but can I say how pleasing it is to see a young fellow who knows how to write? I don't think you melded a number with ANY of your words! That's not to say "Str8 razor shaving is gr8" is not a valid comment on the forum, but just as some of us old folk can get a bit wordy, some young folk can get a bit 'texty'...

Haha, well it's true that most people type like they're texting, and I find myself following suit after talking to someone through IM for a long enough time. so i cn be gr8 at txt tlk if i wnt. if uk wut i mean. Though I generally try to keep my grammar proper with the idea of "if you don't use it, you lose it."

Originally Posted by EisenFaust

AKA. Carl our resident littérateur

You should see my emails. They have headings. And sub headings. Bullshit Baffles Brains.

I think 1/2 the time my Management say "Oh, for goodness sakes, I'm just going to type 'Yes Carl, approved'". I get a lot of those...