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Welcome to the SRP Wiki

History Shaving in history, e.g. Origin of shaving, Razors of Europe, American brands Equipment Kit required for straight shaving, e.g. razors, brushes, soaps and creams Shaving techniques Everything you need to know for a successful straight razor shave, e.g. Preparation, Shaving, Post shave Maintenance and honing How to keep your razor and other kit shave ready, e.g. Razor honing, Razor stropping, Strop treatment Tutorials Articles detailling individual aspects of straight razors shaving, such as fitting new scales to a razor, honing a razor, or building a shaving cabinet Further reading Articles of general interest to the straight razor shaver, such as the Zen of straight razor shaving, or a glossary of terms Frequently Asked Questions Questions and answers from the SRP Forum

The Wiki is in the process of being built from scratch. Your input is greatly appreciated. For the time being, we aim at aggregating knowledge that exists on the SRP Forum here. Therefore, the Wiki is a bit of a moving target. Do stop by often, and do feel encouraged to add and amend! If you are an existing member of SRP, please log in first and then you will be able to make changes and/or contributions to the wiki. If you don't know what you're doing and are ready to start shaving with a straight razor, click here. Also, feel free to drop by the #srp IRC channel on freenode. It can easily be reached via SRP's Chat.

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Additional Resources

StraightRazorPlace.com The sponsor of this project and a forum dedicated to Straight Razor Shavers

Getting started

If you want to contribute to this Wiki, this section contains some links to useful information on how Wikis work and how you can edit text.

• MediaWiki FAQ
• MediaWiki Help:Formatting
• How to Make a New Page for the Wiki