Hello my name is John leberman I am a us army vet which is where I first learned about straight razor shaving. Sense then I have kinda fallen in love with it. Lucky me I found a barber in my neighborhood willing to give me a good shave for a little extra.. He normally uses plain safety razors I get the special of the straight. Just got my first set from my wife. I know they are not the best, it's a set she ordered because I like the movie and musical of sweeny Todd, so they are duplicates made of the original used for the movie :).