Thread: Austin Tx informal?

It's come to my attention that there are a few of us in Austin. Would we be interested in getting together for an informal meetup?

Seraphim and I are both new to straights, and I for one would love to have a chance to, for instance, see stropping technique in person and have my errors corrected.

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

It's come to my attention that there are a few of us in Austin. Would we be interested in getting together for an informal meetup?

Seraphim and I are both new to straights, and I for one would love to have a chance to, for instance, see stropping technique in person and have my errors corrected.

I could be talked into making a pilgrimage to Austin.

Sorry, I read the user name off the wrong message in my PM box. I did not mean to misrepresent Serephim's level of experience or geographical location. I intended to say that davisbonanza lives here in Austin and is also a new straight shaver.

I would love to get together with some like minded folks to learn my stropping technique, perhaps honing, and exactly how to perform all these sharpness tests. That said, I would hate to invite a bunch of experienced folks just to turn them into a Q&A panel. I think a meetup including some conversation, good food and/or drink and/or tobacco blended with some signature Austin music or outdoor beauty would be
a great time.

I am definitely in for an Austin meet and greet. I was just looking at the thread from the last two Dallas events and they looked like a good time! I think we know how to do it up down here in the capitol city so if any one would like to join in let's get something together. My schedule is pretty open so if someone throws out some dates, times and locations maybe we can start planning something. I hope to meet some of you guys soon.

Dave

I'm assuming a weekend would probably be best. If a Sat I will need to request off work, if a Sun afternoon there would be no work issue. Kenrup said the end of this month and early July would work well for him. Anyone else have some suggestions for times and maybe venue? What kind of facilities would we need?

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

I'm assuming a weekend would probably be best. If a Sat I will need to request off work, if a Sun afternoon there would be no work issue. Kenrup said the end of this month and early July would work well for him. Anyone else have some suggestions for times and maybe venue? What kind of facilities would we need?

The Dallas Meet Up meets at a Sherlock's Pub in Arlington. It works out pretty well, we do get left alone when all the razors come out. Any place would work that had some part where we could "spread" out and enough lighting to see comfortably.

A Sunday afternoon would be fine with me. Heck, I'll bring a door prize or two.

If you guys like, I could do a bit of a demonstration of stropping and keeping the edge sharp with pasted paddles and or barber hones along with a few other tips and tricks.

Sounds good. We actually do have a Sherlock's here in Austin as well (I live right by it). Let's keep the thread up and active for a few days and see who else comes snooping and their availibility, since there are only 3 of us posting here right now. Let's maybe start looking at July 13 (being after all the craziness of the 4th weekend). How does that sound for folks?

That weekend will probably work for me. I am going to post a reply on the end of the Dallas meet-up thread and maybe we can get some of those folks down here for our July get together.

Originally Posted by davisbonanza

That weekend will probably work for me. I am going to post a reply on the end of the Dallas meet-up thread and maybe we can get some of those folks down here for our July get together.

Sounds great! The more the merrier!

howdy all yall!!! i may be willing to make a trip. i have family in the temple area so i may be able to make a 2 sided day trip. sherlocks does work for us, but does anyone have a rec room or something maybe at some apartments? i got some really funny looks when i started lapping my norton in sherlock's bathroom sink.

if we can do a date, i can give a better answer.

vgod