here a little back round on me.
i grew up in NJ. my father was a straight razor only guy. he had 2 razors that he swore by. (wish i knew what ones) about 15 years ago just before my son was born my father passed away. we (my sisters and i along with my mother) are certain we buried my father with one of his blades. and have been looking for the other one sense early 2012. the hope was that i would be able to use it as my first straight blade. well it still has not shown up and i am all but giving up on finding it.
i will more than likely go ahead and just pick up one from whipped dog as a starter kit. not the way i wanted to start but oh well. i gotta start some were. i watched my father shave both his face and hole head with his straight my hole life. oddly he never taught me how to shave..
by the time in my own life i needed to perform this mundane task i just bought my self disposable multi blade shick/bic things and got the chore done.. well i'm 36 years old now my son is 15 and he will need to learn to shave shortly.... (see were i'm going with this?)
i presently still use the multi bladed disposable blades for both my face and head. i remember my father standing in front of the sink happily shaving away. he even told me that a "good shave is a lost art" but i think that was just because he was a artist by trade lol.... his father was also a straight blade shaver (but just the face) so i'm sure a few of you see were i am coming from. i have been reading and watching a crap ton of videos on the straight blade. i found this forum and a few others but this one looked like the right for me. so again "here i am"