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Yeah, that is good advice. Since I now have my first shave ready razor(an older henckels), once I get a strop, I should be ready to go. I have been thinking of where this first shave should take...

Well thanks for the heads up about finding a soapmaker in Maine. Seems in our rural town here in Acton, there is "Farnham Ridge" soapmakers not 5 miles from me. They make goat milk based soap from...

I have been all over the Wiki articles. I think I am beginning to get a clue. The big one is take it one step at a time. I need to learn to shave first.

Keep it 'tween the Ditches,

Crum

Thanks much for this bit of insight. As I am new to this straight razor thing, I know I have a lot to learn about every aspect of it. The brush thing makes sense, better brush, better moisture...

Well I took the plunge and bought some razors. One is a Kenckel and supposed to be shave ready, having been recently honed and shave tested. I will use it to learn how to use a straight razor. And...

I must have 20 hoining stones of varying grits and quality. But apparently none of them will be adequate for a straight razor other than using them on a razor in the early phase of a restoration. ...

Some guys my age buy red sports cars. I figured I would find my face. I definitely plan on doing a pictorial revue of the process. It should be real comedy.

Yeah, from what I understand after a couple of weeks checking this odd fascination with straight razors, honing will be the toughest thing to get down. But I can be tenacious when I set my mind to...

No one here thinks I will do this thing. One friend says it will ruin my image among the rough hewn Mainer guys who wear plaid wool shirts under Dickie overalls and smell like deer urine. And yeah, I...

Well I guess I won't even bother with Zeepk. Nothing I hate worse than a cheap knife. I figure I will have the same opinion of a cheap straiight razor. Dovo it is.

Now I have lurked enough...

Where to begin? I haven't shaved in over 28 years. Didn't see the point. God created my whiskers, so I guess he/she meant for me to let em hang. And even if God didn't, they came with the...