so I might as well introduce myself. 
I've been shaving for over 40 years (yeah, I'm old). I started with a drug store TTO, if I recall correctly, and whatever shaving cream was cheap and available.
I went through a couple of electric shavers along the way, for the convenience, but switched back to wet shaving when an ATRA showed up in my mailbox. (The latest electric was starting to die anyway, so I though "Why not try this ATRA?")
ATRA cartridges stayed reasonable for a while, but when they hit a dollar each, and then a buck fifty, I started looking back at the "old" DE options. That was a bit over two years ago, when I found this site and signed up so I could see the pictures.
Since then I've acquired several three piece razors and several TTOs. My daily razors are either a Gillette New or a Tech, depending on the brand of blade, but I've change out the handles for some I made.
(a photo of the New is in my answer on thread http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/442784-4-inch-handle-for-my-NEW )
Since then I've also tried using a straight razor (not my preference due to awkwardness, but I learned a bit about shaving from that). And I've found a couple of Rolls Razors, which I think are pretty nice, but I save them for special shaves.
Well, that's my brief outline; I'll probably start posting to more threads soon.
Ed
I've been shaving for over 40 years (yeah, I'm old). I started with a drug store TTO, if I recall correctly, and whatever shaving cream was cheap and available.
I went through a couple of electric shavers along the way, for the convenience, but switched back to wet shaving when an ATRA showed up in my mailbox. (The latest electric was starting to die anyway, so I though "Why not try this ATRA?")
ATRA cartridges stayed reasonable for a while, but when they hit a dollar each, and then a buck fifty, I started looking back at the "old" DE options. That was a bit over two years ago, when I found this site and signed up so I could see the pictures.
Since then I've acquired several three piece razors and several TTOs. My daily razors are either a Gillette New or a Tech, depending on the brand of blade, but I've change out the handles for some I made.
(a photo of the New is in my answer on thread http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/442784-4-inch-handle-for-my-NEW )
Since then I've also tried using a straight razor (not my preference due to awkwardness, but I learned a bit about shaving from that). And I've found a couple of Rolls Razors, which I think are pretty nice, but I save them for special shaves.
Well, that's my brief outline; I'll probably start posting to more threads soon.
Ed
