Hi. My name is Gord. I now live in Canada and have only recently discovered your website. About 50 years ago when I was 18 years old and living in Liverpool, England, I had to have an operation for a hernia. At that time it required a 3 week stay in hospital. It was on about the third day that a gentlemen appeared at the foot of my bed, hooked a strop on to my bed frame, stropped a straight razor and asked me to lower my PJs. After white knuckling through an amazingly smooth shave I told him that the shave was so smooth that I had to start using a "cut throat razor" as they were then called in Britain. On returning home, my Dad gave me his ivory handled Mappin & Webb and a Butler which I have used for the past 50 years. Until I discovered your website I had never met anyone else who used a straight razor so it was a pleasant surprise to find fellow users and enthusiasts out there. Regards to all. Gord
