Monthly Beginners' Tips

(These pics started appearing at the same time we started putting things on the front page )



So this month I decided to be lazy and have a review

This series started in January of 2010 and has pretty much gone on every month since then, here are all the threads in one spot for your browsing pleasure it is interesting to see some of the reccuring themes over the last 2 plus years, and to see how some things have totally changed


1st Year

http://straightrazorplace.com/beginn...an-2010-a.html ...

Well gents this month's theme was pretty easy really I have noted one overall trend in the threads, posts, and e-mails...

Rush, Rush, Rush

The worst thing a Straight Razor shaver can do is rush into this, you really need to slow down, some of you guys are so anxious ...

So as many know I look for trends in the posts each month and try and address them in these monthly tips..

This month I am going to talk about YMMV or the Infamous Personal opinion.

Many people when they start want answers, they read the info on SRP and other forums then target the questions that have ...

Hope everyone is having a fantastic 2012 so far

This month I decided to write about what I call "The Perfect Storm" of beginner problems, I was going to go through and pick out several topics as I usually do but this past week I received an e-mail for honing services, and it was all too familiar... ...

First off I wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Just a short list of tips this month, a few things I have seen multiple questions on


Rust:

I keep seeing this "My New Razor Rusted" after **** Days

Seriously guys, Carbon steel razors rust in minutes, not hours, not days, but minutes.. also the new ones, and freshly buffed ones rust faster...
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For those of you that are brand new joining the forum, I have to explain this series of threads called the "Beginners Tips".
Being a Mod on SRP means that we read a ton of threads as they appear, having a truly boring real job that pays me to sit in my office, and do nothing for a 9 hour shift, 5 days a week... I might, repeat might, actually work at 4 hours each week, means I read most all the posts that come onto the forum.. Each month I look for ...