Thread: Noob Checking In

Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to drop a quick line and say Hi! It has been many years since I shaved with a straight. Back when I was starting out, my Dad bought me a straight and told me that it would be the last razor that I would ever need. I went through the usual learning curve but got it down pretty good. Then I went into the military and was told that I could not have a straight in the barracks, so box it up and send it home. Fast forward 20 years and now I am shaving my head as well as my face but am very unhappy with the new fangled razors that I am using. I give lots of thought to just going back to a straight but having to go through that learning curve on my head, I just wasn't there yet. I did go and buy a couple of double edged razors and have been using them for many years now. The "itch" to use a straight again just hasn't left me though. At some point soon I will need to get myself a straight and get back to real shaving. It's funny how life tends to go full circle.

Tom

Welcome to SRP. Its funny that your father was right all along. There are several members that shave there head some im sure they will chime in.

I guess that is the full circle in a nut shell.
Welcome to the forum, and the door back to straights is wide open.

P.S. from what I have read the head is easier than the face so the learning curve for it should be much shorter,
I am sure the pro's/experienced will chime in shortly with more and better words on that.

Originally Posted by falcon43

Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to drop a quick line and say Hi! It has been many years since I shaved with a straight. Back when I was starting out, my Dad bought me a straight and told me that it would be the last razor that I would ever need. I went through the usual learning curve but got it down pretty good. Then I went into the military and was told that I could not have a straight in the barracks, so box it up and send it home. Fast forward 20 years and now I am shaving my head as well as my face but am very unhappy with the new fangled razors that I am using. I give lots of thought to just going back to a straight but having to go through that learning curve on my head, I just wasn't there yet. I did go and buy a couple of double edged razors and have been using them for many years now. The "itch" to use a straight again just hasn't left me though. At some point soon I will need to get myself a straight and get back to real shaving. It's funny how life tends to go full circle.

Tom

It's like riding a bicycle. (I never quite figured this saying out as I busted my arm the first time I rode after several years.)

Begs the question of, what happened to the one you're old man gave you? Welcome to the forum too.


Mick