Greetings to the Straight Razor Crowd

[Ravenonrock]

Welcome!

 

[Titleist]

Welcome to the Dark Side .......

 

[Tanuki]

Welcome! I've been enjoying your SR posts.

 

[The MaydayGuard]

Welcome! What got you interested in straight razors?

Thanks @Joshua223 and all others for the warm welcome!

As written in the Newbie Check-In:

My first experience with a straight razor was over 20 years ago. At the Christmas market in Cologne I was able to buy a really nice Puma straight razor and a strop. However, because I had no idea about the subject and the razor was probably not sharp either, my progress remained small and after a few attempts, the knife stayed in a drawer for more than 20 years. 18 months ago, I came on Dovo's website and saw their beautiful straight razors. I immediately caught fire again, sent my Puma to be sharpened and at the same time bought a knife from Ralf Aust.

I quite early got interest in the history of the companies behind vintage razors and started to search for information about my Puma. You probably will not believe it, but when looking for this I found amongst others @Polarbeard 's thread here and got some inspiration, what to look for (Tiger, Puma, Hyena etc).
That is how it started.

 

[Sukeroku]

Konnichiwa...have fun!

 

[Possum092]

Welcome to the group!

 

[SparkyLB]

Most started with just one SR .

I don't know what you're talking about!

 

[SparkyLB]

Welcome to the forum. Glad you're here. You're going to like this place.

 

[CongaJon]

Welcome, Michael. Don't let these maniacs convince you to buy a lot of stuff. I only have a handful of razors and I am quite content!

 

[silverlifter]

Don't let these maniacs convince you to buy a lot of stuff. I only have a handful of razors and I am quite content!

Good advice! I reckon I could hold about 20 straights in one hand; that seems like an ideal number!

 

[CongaJon]

Good advice! I reckon I could hold about 20 straights in one hand; that seems like an ideal number!

It doesn't seem physically possible that my hands could be four times the size of yours! Give it time, my friend...

 

[taffy]

Excellent, someone else I can get tips from.

 

[aussie]

Wilkommen!!

 

[steveclarkus]

Yesterday I registered at Badger & Blades and introduced myself here in the Newbie Check-In. Now I just want to say "Hello" to the Straight Razor Crowd. My main interests are the straight razors themselves, of which I now have a mid double-digit number.
As for other equipment, I'm rather modest (2 strops, 2 brushes, and I try to keep no more than a handful of soaps and aftershave at a time). I hope you don't get bored with the frequent repetitions of the same stuff in the thread "What Straight Did You Use Today?".
I look forward to interesting discussions here.
Many Greetings from Germany
Michael

Welcome to the crowd here. Don’t worry about boredom. I’m of the same ilk - many razors and few soaps. I see your avatar is a dachshund while mine is a Schnauzer.