Hi all. Thought I'd finally say hello to everyone on the forums. I have been shaving with a straight razor for about six months now, and have found this place to be extremely helpful!

I started shaving with a new shaving starter kit from Invisible Edge. It was a fantastic way to get started, and I would highly recommend that starter set to anyone thinking about getting into straight razors!

After accidentally chipping my razor's edge I decided to try honing it, then finishing it off with some stopping compound. I was impressed with how easily the hollow ground blade was to fix up!

A few days later I dropped my razor while tidying and broke the scales! Again, I decided to try fix it myself, and bought some nice new scales. I found that these were easier to fit than I thought, so I recently decided to purchase a couple of razors from eBay and restore them. I am hugely impressed with my Taylor's Eye Witness razor, and think I might enjoy restoring razors (there's something therapeutic about it, all my friends think I'm disturbed!), and thought I'd just introduce myself here - I think it's likely I'll be spending more time on here in the future!