Based on the success of the recent Texas Meet-Up, I have decided to organize the very first TSN Southern California Meet-Up.

When: Saturday, March 1st from 2:30 PM until ?

Where: Seaside Palace Persian Restaurant
3720 Sepulveda Blvd
Torrance, CA 90505

Despite the name, Seaside Palace is not a seafood restaurant. It is a Persian restaurant with excellent Kabobs and Koobideh as well as vegetarian fare. Most importantly, they have several large tables, they serve beer, and they will leave us alone while we pass around all of the shaving goodies.

Please respond to this thread to let us know if you will be able to make it.
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My Quest for the Perfect Razor

I have a very light beard and sensitive skin. As a matter of fact I didn’t even start shaving until I was 22 years old. I probably still wouldn’t be shaving if it weren’t for Sgt. Brown. He stood over me every morning and watched me shave. He certainly could never tell if I shaved or not just by feeling my face. Eventually, he caught on that I didn’t have a blade in the razor and after a few more weeks my first facial hairs emerged. Had he not discovered my blade ruse I probably would still be a non-shaver.

I started with a Gem single edge razor, cheap boar brush and an English soap in a wooden bowl. Eventually, I caved into advertising and peer pressure moved to multiple blade cartridges and canned foam. After years of lousy shaves and not realizing why they had become lousy I grew a beard.

A few years ago I decided to get back into wet shaving. My first razor was a Merkur 34C HD. I liked the razor and shave immediately. After a while I began ...
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