Thread: Glens Beginner Tips

Glen has been doing monthly posts that cater to beginners, and I've yet to find them in one easily accessible place. I'm creating this really for myself, to keep it organized and go back and re-read once a month or so. Thank you Glen for all the information you've provided!

April 2011 - Pressure
March 2011 - Strops & Stropping
February 2011 -Restoration for newbs
January 2011 - Honing for newbs
December 2010 - Stropping
October 2010 - Stop making excuses about your hardware/software. the problem is your technique!
September 2010 Advanced honing
August 2010 - Straight Razor 102
July 2010 - Advanced Hones
June 2010 - Straight Razor Potpourri
May 2010 - Replay of Straight Razor 101 aka 'Use the search feature before making a new thread'
April 2010 - The Magic Marker Test
March 2010 - Is your razor sharp enough?
February 2010 - Honing and restoration
January 2010 - Straight Razor 101

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. - Henry Ford

Thank you for compiling this list. I've often thought about it, and how it really would do good to have these compiled in a list in the wiki. I have looked for it even, but not thoroughly enough to conclude it was not there. I think it makes great reading for newbies and experienced shavers alike.

Originally Posted by rearviewmirror

Glen has been doing monthly posts that cater to beginners, and I've yet to find them in one easily accessible place. I'm creating this really for myself, to keep it organized and go back and re-read once a month or so. Thank you Glen for all the information you've provided!

May 2011 - Seriously new guy, your razor is sharp enough
April 2011 - Pressure
March 2011 - Strops & Stropping
February 2011 -Restoration for newbs
January 2011 - Honing for newbs
December 2010 - Stropping
October 2010 - Stop making excuses about your hardware/software. the problem is your technique!
September 2010 Advanced honing
August 2010 - Straight Razor 102
July 2010 - Advanced Hones
June 2010 - Straight Razor Potpourri
May 2010 - Replay of Straight Razor 101 aka 'Use the search feature before making a new thread'
April 2010 - The Magic Marker Test
March 2010 - Is your razor sharp enough?
February 2010 - Honing and restoration
January 2010 - Straight Razor 101

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. - Henry Ford

Can't edit my post! Updated the quote

This is excellent. Thanks for doing this.

I like to go back and re-read them every once in a while, just to refresh.

If reading these posts over and over makes me a beginner, then I'm proud to be named just that.

Great posts for most of us I'd say.
Thanks for collecting them in one place like this.

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Thanks for putting the list together, and a big shout out to Glen for doing them in the first place, some very valuable information to be learned on those threads and on all of SRP.

Updated for June

Originally Posted by rearviewmirror

Glen has been doing monthly posts that cater to beginners, and I've yet to find them in one easily accessible place. I'm creating this really for myself, to keep it organized and go back and re-read once a month or so. Thank you Glen for all the information you've provided!
June 2011
May 2011 - Seriously new shavers, your razor is sharp enough
April 2011 - Pressure
March 2011 - Strops & Stropping
February 2011 -Restoration for newbs
January 2011 - Honing for newbs
December 2010 - Stropping
October 2010 - Stop making excuses about your hardware/software. the problem is your technique!
September 2010 Advanced honing
August 2010 - Straight Razor 102
July 2010 - Advanced Hones
June 2010 - Straight Razor Potpourri
May 2010 - Replay of Straight Razor 101 aka 'Use the search feature before making a new thread'
April 2010 - The Magic Marker Test
March 2010 - Is your razor sharp enough?
February 2010 - Honing and restoration
January 2010 - Straight Razor 101

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. - Henry Ford