so today marks my second year of straight razor shaving.. i started with a razor that someone gave me in a box of junk and it sat gathering dust in my shop untill one day i came across it.. hmmm maybe ill clean this puppy up and run it across the stones. needless to say i did not get it shave ready the frist time out, nick ready yes but i had a lot to learn. luckly i found this place and with the help of many good people in here i got her up and running.i was surprised at how much fun it is to scrape a silly sharp blade across your face. and i was amazed at how good a shave this 400 year old technology could provide.some 50 plus razors in my rotation now and a pile of hones more soap than i will use in my lifetime a few strops and a tree of brushs latter ( yep rad had sad and bad i got them all) maybe the highlights were the three people i infected over the last two years. the good thing abought having all these accusation dissoders is you can set up the new people with the things they are going to need to master this art. a good razor a strop brush and soap and dish and a hone. all in all its been a fine 2 years i only wish i had started sooner.