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Hi all, I’m still around and enjoying retirement very much!! I wanted to wish you and your families a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy and best wishes, Lynn

How is everyone doing this Summer? Vacations? Golf? Razor projects? Shout out to the community!! Lynn

Special thanks to Robert Williams for getting us up and running and for keeping us going!! Much appreciated!! Lynn

Happy New Year to you all!! I hope it’s a great one for you!! 22 years of SRP thanks to you folks. Lynn

Wishing you all and your families a Happy Thanksgiving and a healthy and wonderful Holiday Season!! All the best!! Lynn

I’ve met many fellow wetshavers over the years and it has always amazed me how many other interests we share. Motorcycles, cigars, bourbon and scotches and on and on. Any golfers out there? Retirement is a bootiful thing and the Summers are always eaten up by as much golf as I can play. Any...

Special thanks to Robert for getting us running and keeping us running!! Have fun!!

So with personal preference being key and there being no right or wrong, what advice would you give new people looking to get I to wetshaving either with the straight razor or DE? For me it would be the advise that the process is not one of speed but a process of self indulgence in grooming...

Wishing everyone a healthy and Happy New Year!! We hope this is a great year for you and your families!! Very best wishes!!

How will you close out your 2019 shaving year? Use up old stuff? Try new stuff? New razors? Sell old razors? Expand the shave den? Condense the shave den? Hone up all the old razors? Shave meets? I think I’m going to go through my soaps, creams and aftershaves and try all the products I...

Just got this from Neil Breed. These brushes are among the nicest and most creative I have seen!! SOTD’s forthcoming. Wowza!!

One question I get asked about frequently is how much pressure I use on what sones when honing. when setting a bevel on a 1K I normally use very firm pressure but not so firm as to flex the blade which can actually change the bevel angle. Same pressure here whether circles or X strokes. When...

So, do you think you can maintain your razors using a barber hone only? How comfortable is the shave? Preference on brand of barber hone? Water? Lather? Slurry to water?

I've been noticing that when I am using a larger width blade like a 7/8 or 8/8 that I am flattening out the angle of the blade as I shave my chin. When this happens the shave is not quite as smooth and is a little uncomfortable. As soon as I recognize this and bring the angle back to a more...

Here's a tip for getting a really nice hot lather to start your shave. I get steaming hot water directly from our tap. Whether you use cream or a cake soap, use just the tip of the brush to absorb the soap. Don't mush down on the entire brush hair to generate your lather. Once that is done, you...

Hi Guys, I thought it would be cool to see what you guys thought your best tips where since starting to shave with a straight razor. They can come from old barber manuals, the old yahoo SRP, here, Wiki, something you found out on your own and want to share............ It can be on shaving...

Hi Guys, Any golfers in here? I have been playing for 50 years and still suck but I just love being out on a golf course. One of my biggest treats at this stage of my life is a round with my three sons. Favorite clubs, drivers, putters, etc?? Favorite courses? Players? Predictions on the Fed...

Bevels I like a bevel so small that you can't see it. As a razor is honed more and more, it will develop a naturally larger bevel size. Sometimes you may as noted have to even out a bevel if the previous honing is uneven, but there really is no specific measurement that a bevel should be. Also...

Honing Tips # 2 If you guys ever receive a razor that has been poorly ground or has a lot of flattening of the spine and want to see how much honing you will have to do or decide whether to have it reground, here is a neat tip. Take either your Norton 8K stone or Coticule or whatever polishing...