Hello from Alberta, Canada
After much lurking, I've decided to become a member. About me: complete newbie to wet shaving, after a fair bit of reading I went ahead and purchased a SR set from a company here in Canada, and, at this point in time have shaved my face a half dozen times and my head about 3 times, and am thouroughly enjoying it, even the good slashes I've put on my face. The set came with a Dovo 5/8 half hollow (col. conk), russian leather/linen strop, brush, soap, creme, styptic, and a little bowl. Everything seems to work decent but my razor is slowly losing it sharpness, despite my best stropping efforts and hours watching stropping vids. This is a damn cool way to shave, I actually enjoy shaving now, without the irritation and pimples I used to get with 10 blade microsonic vibrating, heating and cooling, NASCAR approved, cartridge razor I was using before. I cant possibly hope to read everything I'd like to here, but I'm glad to be a member. And for anyone who shaves their head often and are unhappy with cartridge razors, switch over NOW, it is so much easier and faster with a straight, ironically I have more trouble with my face than my head.